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US Coast Guard transfers smugglers and over US$6.6 m in seized cocaine in Caribbean Sea Wednesday, March 17, 2021
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AFP) The United States Coast Guard has transferred custody of three suspected smugglers and an estimated US$6.6 million in seized cocaine to US federal agents at Coast Guard Base San Juan, following the interdiction of a drug smuggling vessel in the Mona Passage, near Mona Island, Puerto Rico, in the Caribbean Sea.
The US Coast Guard said on Tuesday that the suspected smugglers are males, Dominican Republic nationals, who now face criminal charges by US Department of Justice prosecution partners in the US Attorney s Office for the District of Puerto Rico.
Man Sentenced in Ft. Pierce to over 12 Years in Prison for Smuggling Migrants by Sea as Hurricane Approached
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Miami, Florida – Yesterday, a federal judge in Ft. Pierce sentenced a Bahamian man to 151 months in prison for trying to smuggle migrants into the United States on a poorly-equipped and overloaded boat while the area was under a hurricane warning.
According to court documents, on the night of July 30, 2020, Vonne Rolle, 29, of Coopers Town, Bahamas, attempted to pilot a vessel from Freeport, Bahamas, to the St. Lucie Inlet, with twelve migrants on board. At the time, the area was under a hurricane warning due to the approaching storm, Isaias. The vessel, which was overloaded and not equipped with food, water, or life jackets, broke down prior to arriving in Florida. It drifted until a boater discovered it the next day. The United States Coast Guard rescued Rolle and the other migrants, including a minor, 26 miles off the coast of Stuart, Florida
Tanker accident in port damages pier
Accident at MODA facility
and last updated 2021-03-16 10:51:21-04
An oil tanker lost power while moving through the Port of Corpus Christi, causing damage to a pier at the MODA Midstream Ingleside Energy Center.
A United States Coast Guard investigation did not find any fuel or oil leaks as a result of the accident, said Port of Corpus Christi Communications Director Lisa Hinojosa.
The Port of Corpus Christi and MODA Midstream released a joint statement indicating the accident happened at around 1 p.m.
The release states that the vessel clipped a structure at the end of the MODA pier, and that nearby tugboats responded quickly in order to mitigate damage. MODA Midstream officials currently are evaluating the damage sustained by the pier.
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