Coast Guard stops 104 Haitian migrants in boat off Miami coast
by Anna Giaritelli, Homeland Security Reporter |
| September 13, 2021 10:43 AM
The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a boat with more than 100 migrants on board this weekend after the vessel attempted to sail from Haiti to Florida.
The incident took place Sunday, when an eyewitness called in the suspicious activity, a regional Coast Guard spokesman told the Washington Examiner on Monday. A statement from the Department of Homeland Security dubbed the eyewitness a "Good Sam" for reporting a "migrant voyage."
Coast Guardsmen dispatched to the scene found a rickety boat crammed with people 18 miles off the coast of Biscayne Bay, south of Miami.
The Coast Guard initially reported 80 people on board, but later stated that 104 people were found on the boat. The migrants were transferred to a much larger ship, the 110-foot Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge.
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