{"id":41077,"date":"2018-10-16T23:31:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T23:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/16\/coast-guard-interdicts-boatload-of-undocumented-caribbean-migrants\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:02:12","slug":"coast-guard-interdicts-boatload-of-undocumented-caribbean-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/10\/16\/coast-guard-interdicts-boatload-of-undocumented-caribbean-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard interdicts boatload of undocumented Caribbean migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Coast Guard has repatriated 14 migrants to authorities in the Dominican Republic, the Coast Guard announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a written statement emailed to Navy Times, Coast Guard officials said that the cutter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surfmanmarine.com\/blog\/uscgc-heriberto-hernandez-named-for-a-coastguard-hero-who-was-killed-in-vietnam\/\" target=_blank>Heriberto Hernandez<\/a> transferred a dozen Dominicans and two Haitians to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marina.mil.do\/portal\/\" target=_blank>Dominican navy <\/a>vessel on Sunday, three days after they were interdicted in a cramped boat near Puerto Rico\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/images\/87589\/mona-island\" target=_blank>Mona Island.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe outstanding work by the Coast Guard and our inter-agency partners focused on humanitarian efforts and preventing loss of life at sea,\u201d said Lt. Cmdr. Rafael Battle, the commanding officer of Heriberto Hernandez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Mona Passage is a volatile waterway with heavy seas. Transiting on dangerously overloaded and unseaworthy vessels poses large risk to anyone making the journey from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. Fortunately, we discovered and saved 16 people before they encountered other potential dangers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"581\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DRBOAT3.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DRBOAT3.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DRBOAT3.jpg.jpg?resize=300,145 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DRBOAT3.jpg.jpg?resize=768,372 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DRBOAT3.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,496 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The 25-foot blue and while-hulled migrant boat interdicted off Mona Island, Puerto Rico on Thursday.(Coast Guard)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coast Guard officials said an HC-144 Ocean Sentry maritime patrol aircraft spotted the \u201cgrossly overloaded\u201d 25-foot vessel sailing without navigational lights about 10 nautical miles north of Mona Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watchstanders in San Juan then ordered the Heriberto Hernandez to retrieve the 16 migrants and provide them with food, water and medical care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were assisted by a Customs and Border Protection marine unit, according to the Coast Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/10\/15\/coast-guard-bans-anchors-in-the-straits-of-mackinac\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Mac.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Coast Guard bans anchors in the Straits of Mackinac<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Coast Guard says the goal is to prevent damage to an oil pipeline and electrical lines from anchors. 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