Thread: Suspicious boat lands on Silver Strand (Near San Diego)

September 29, 2008

Suspicious boat lands on Silver Strand

Coronado police helped round up several men on the north end of Silver Strand State Beach this morning after the group hopped out of a small boat that had just landed on the sand, a spokeswoman said.

Rangers who patrol the state beach called police about the landing at 10:21 a.m., said Lea Corbin, from Coronado police. Upon beaching the boat, she said 6 to 7 men hopped out and began running toward the nearby state Route 75.

"We helped detain several of the men," Corbin said. "And all were turned over to the Border Patrol."

The vessel has been seized. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detectives are trying to determine if human or drug smuggling was involved, said Lauren Mack, an ICE spokeswoman.

--Angelica Martinez and Mark Arner

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Six men smuggled by boat to be deported

UNION-TRIBUNE

12:23 p.m. September 30, 2008

CORONADO – Six men rounded up on the north end of Silver Strand State Beach are facing deportation Tuesday after they came ashore on a boat, according to the Border Patrol.
On Monday morning, the group hopped out of an 18-foot motor boat that had just landed on the sand, according to officials.

Rangers who patrol the state beach called police about 10:20 a.m., according to Coronado police. Upon beaching the Starcraft boat with an outboard motor, the men hopped out and ran toward nearby state Route 75.
Coronado officers helped detain several of the men and all were turned over to the Border Patrol, police said.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents seized the boat and detectives determined it was used to smuggle people, not drugs. A member of the group, a 37-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of human smuggling, said Border patrol spokesman Daryl Reed.

Angelica Martinez and Mark Arner

The vessel has been seized. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detectives are trying to determine if human or drug smuggling was involved, said Lauren Mack, an ICE spokeswoman.

Probably both. I wonder what nationality the men were, and why do these articles always leave that part out?

Originally Posted by butterbean

The vessel has been seized. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detectives are trying to determine if human or drug smuggling was involved, said Lauren Mack, an ICE spokeswoman.

Probably both. I wonder what nationality the men were, and why do these articles always leave that part out? :?

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If it is on the southern border and they leave out their nationality it means that they were Mexicans. If they were from any other country it would be news and it would be included. Their nationality isn't news when it is Mexicans, because we just accept that they were Mexicans.