Coast Guard Detains 8 Crew Members of Mexican Fishing Boats
Last Update: 1:36 pm

GULF OF MEXICO - Authorities with the South Padre Island Coast Guard seized two Mexican fishing boats and detained eight crew members for illegally fishing in U.S. waters off the Texas Coast.

Officials said the crew on the Mexican fishing boats had fish and sharks on board. The bust happened about 25 miles south of the border.

A worker on an offshore rig first spotted the boats. The crew members are in Border Patrol custody.

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