U.S. Border Patrol Agents Foil Maritime Smuggling Attempt at Coronado Beach
Release Date Wed, 08/03/2022 - 12:00
CORONADO, Calif., – Yesterday morning, U.S. Border Patrol Agents arrested a group of eight migrants that included three undocumented non-citizens with criminal history as they attempted to land on a beach in Coronado.
The event occurred on August 2, at approximately 4:25 a.m., when agents spotted the blacked-out pleasure craft traveled north along the coast from Mexican waters. As the vessel continued to travel north that is when Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) agents in a CBP interceptor vessel approached the vessel, at which time the operator attempted to evade at a high rate of speed. The vessel continued to travel north along the coast, passing the Naval Training Center and into the surf just west of the Hotel Del Coronado.
At approximately 5:00 a.m., the vessel landed on Coronado Beach, where eight people jumped from the vessel and began running north. Agents responded to the scene and arrested all eight migrants.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/us-border-patrol-agents-foil-maritime-smuggling-attempt-coronado-beach
