Wednesday, August 12, 2020
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The coast guard repatriated 18 migrants to the Dominican Republic between August 8 and 11, following the ban on an illegal migrant off Cape Red, Puerto Rico, the 7th Coast Guard District said in a version of August 11.
The ban is the result of ongoing efforts by several agencies in Operation Caribbean Guard and the CARIBBEAN Border Inter-Agency Group CBIG.
“Those who take part in an illegal immigration adventure to cross Mona’s crossing threaten to waste their lives, and it is actually unhappy and unfortunate to see minors take part in those adventures,” cmdr said. Beau Powers, head of reaction for the San Juan sector. “For relatives, friends, and family of anyone looking to take part in an illegal adventure, they beg them not to pass into the sea, the threats are too great. These makeshift ships that open and are seriously overcrowded can overturn or sink smoothly. warning, giving migrants a very narrow or near-zero chance of survival.
During a regime patrol at the Mona crossing in the early hours of August 7, the team of a customs and border cover police aircraft detected an adventure of illegal migrants off the coast of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. Coast Guard Richard Dixon and a marine unit of the Puerto Rico Joint Rapid Action Forces responded to ban the suspicious ship.
A short time later, the Puerto Rican police team stopped the 25-foot makeshift vessel in which thirteen adult men traveled, 4 and a child under the age of 17. The Richard Dixon cutter team safely boarded the migrants on the makeshift ship.
Once aboard a Coast Guard ship, all migrants gained food, water, shelter and critical medical care. During the ban, Members of the Coast Guard team received non-public protective devices to minimize possible exposure to any imaginable coVID-19 cases. No migrant reported symptoms similar to COVID-19.
The cutter Richard Dixon and the coastguard Heriberto Hernandez carried out the repatriation. 154-foot quick-response knives are used at home in San Juan.