The coast guard repatriated 18 migrants to the Dominican Republic between Saturday and Tuesday, following the ban on an illegal migrant off the coast of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.
The ban is the result of ongoing efforts by several agencies in Operation Caribbean Guard and the CBIG Caribbean Border Inter-Agency Group.
“Those who take part in an illegal immigration adventure to cross Mona’s crossing threaten to waste their lives, and it’s actually unhappy and unfortunate to see minors taking part in those adventures,” cmdr said. Beau Powers, San Juan Sector Response Officer. “To the family, friends and family of anyone looking to take part in an illicit adventure, I ask you not to go to sea, the threats are too great. These useless and overcrowded makeshift vessels can overturn or sink smoothly. warning, giving migrants a very limited chance of survival.
During a regime patrol at The Mona crossing early Friday morning, the team of a customs police plane and border cover spotted an illegal migrant adventure off Cape Red, Puerto Rico. Coast Guard Richard Dixon (WPC-11thirteen) and a maritime unit of the Puerto Rico Joint Rapid Action Forces responded to intercept the suspicious vessel. 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. Throughout 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.
Cutter Richard Dixon and Coast Guard Heriberto Hernandez (WPC-1114) carried out repatriation.
The cutters Richard Dixon and Heriberto Hernandez are 154-foot quick-response cutters used in a house in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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The ban is the result of ongoing efforts by multiple agencies.