Published: June 10, 2010
Updated: 10:03 a.m.

Immigrants on boat taken into custody

By SALVADOR HERNANDEZ
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

DANA POINT – Border Patrol officials have taken into custody several people who were spotted coming ashore in a boat early Thursday morning, authorities said.

The exact number of people who were taken into custody was not immediately known. Border Patrol officials spotted the boat off the coast before sunrise Thursday morning.

The boat ran aground near Pacific Coast Highway and Selva Road, said Lt. Jim England of the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

About 4:30 a.m., Border Patrol officials requested the help of the sheriff's Harbor Patrol to take boat from the shore, England said.

The people aboard the boat are suspected to have entered the country illegally, he said.

More information to come.

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