US Coast Guard repatriates 66 aliens after “unlawful voyage vessel interdiction”

The crew of US Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez on Thursday repatriated 66 aliens to San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic, following the interdiction of an unlawful migration vessel voyage in Mona Passage waters off Puerto Rico on Tuesday.

The United States Coast Guard, along with its Operation Vigilant Sentry partners, maintains a continued presence with air, land, and sea assets in the Florida Straits, the Windward Passage, the Mona Passage, and the Caribbean Sea

According to a USCG news release, the repatriated aliens were transferred to awaiting Dominican Republic Navy authorities, including 48 individuals (41 men and seven women) who claimed to be of Dominican Republic nationality; 16 individuals (13 men and three women) who claimed to be Haitian; and two men who claimed to be Romanian. No minors were identified.
The interdiction occurred after a Customs and Border Protection Caribbean Air and Marine Branch crew on a routine patrol detected a makeshift vessel in waters northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, it added.
Once aboard a Coast Guard cutter, aliens are processed to determine their identity and are provided with food, water, shelter and basic medical attention, the news release informed.

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