CBP News Release

CBP, Coast Guard Detect Small Boat in Caribbean with 157 Illegal Migrants

(Thursday, October 09, 2008)

San Juan, Puerto Rico – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and U.S. Coast Guard personnel discovered 157 Dominicans aboard a small overloaded boat Tuesday afternoon. Eleven of the migrants were turned over to CBP Border Patrol agents for attempting to enter illegally into the United States or a U.S. Territory on multiple occasions. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Puerto Rico accepted to prosecute their cases. The rest were returned to the Dominican Republic.

The crew of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection surveillance aircraft detected and tracked a 40-foot to 45-foot long “yola-â€