Coast Guard returns 119 migrants to Cuba
Two Coast Guard cutters returned 119 Cuban nationals to the communist island in an operation that included 12 interdictions at sea between Thursday and Saturday.
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Two Coast Guard cutters returned 119 Cuban nationals to the communist island in an operation that included 12 interdictions at sea between Thursday and Saturday.
All interdictions took place on Friday, May 21. In the first event, the Cutter Kathleen Mooreâs crew located a migrant vessel and notified Sector Key West watchstanders, approximately 45 miles north of Bahia Honda, Cuba. In the second, the Coast Guard Cutter Resoluteâs crew spotted and rescued migrants from the water, approximately 16 miles south of Key West. Cutter Resoluteâs crew transferred the migrants to Cutter Kathleen Moore. In the third event, a Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew spotted a rustic vessel and notified Sector Key West watchstanders, ...
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