The US Coast Guard in San Juan reported this Friday that returned to 35 of 39 people of various nationalities who tried to arrive illegally in Puerto Rico between May 18 and 23.
As detailed by the agency in a press release, 15 Haitians, 12 Uzbeks and 8 Dominicans were returned, after being detained by the authorities near the Mona Canal, west of Puerto Rico.
The first intervention, on the 18th, occurred when Coast Guardsman Joseph Tezanos intervened a 25-foot (8-meter) long vessel, after being sighted by a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) aircraft, 11 nautical miles to the northwest from Aguadilla (northwest).
18 people were traveling on that illegal boat: 12 Uzbeks and 6 Dominicans.
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Of these 18 undocumented , 4 were handed over to CBP on Wednesday, at the Ramey Base in Aguadilla, for retrying to enter Puerto Rico.
last Monday, when the Coast Guard cutter Donald Horsley intercepted a 26-foot (8-meter) long yawl, also spotted by a CBP aircraft, approximately ten nautical miles south of Mona Island, an islet between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic.
On this ship, 21 people tried to reach Puerto Rico illegally, including 15 Haitians and 6 Dominicans.
These interventions were achieved thanks to the team efforts between local and federal agencies and the Inter-institutional Group of the Caribbean Border.