Border agents arrest 17 on smuggling boat off San Diego coast
POSTED 3:34 PM, JULY 22, 2019, BY CHRISTY SIMERAL
SAN DIEGO — Authorities Saturday arrested two suspected smugglers and 15 people suspected of entering the United States illegally by boat.
Border Patrol agents and other law enforcement officials detected a smuggling boat about 5 miles off the coast of San Diego, according to a tweet by U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations in San Diego.
One Venezuelan and 14 Mexican citizens, along with two suspected smugglers, were arrested, officials said.
Customs and Border Protection officials seized the boat.
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