Mexican fishing crew, US Coast Guard slug it out at sea
by: Julian Resendiz
Posted: Jan 9, 2025 / 06:07 PM CST
Updated: Jan 9, 2025 / 06:07 PM CST
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The captain and first mate of a Mexican fishing vessel are in federal custody after slugging it out at sea with members of the U.S. Coast Guard trying to board their boat.
The fracas unfolded last Sunday north of Mission Bay in San Diego, when members of a federal Joint Operations Center in Imperial Beach received information about a suspicious vessel.
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The boat had an “excessive number” of fishing poles deployed and only six occupants including the captain and the first mate. Federal court documents show U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to an area known as the Dana Launch and watched several people get off the boat.
The agents approached four passengers who turned out to be migrants from Mexico. Court documents show the agents told the four to sit down on the pier while they looked for the boat operators.
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