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Connecticut Tourist Lays Floating Dead In The Water Overnight Due To ‘Rough Seas’

TEAGUE BAY — A tourist from Connecticut who lost his footing at the base of Point Udall laid floating dead in the water overnight after recovery efforts were postponed due…

John McCarthy August 6, 2021

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Dominican Man Who Took 2,500 Pounds Of Cocaine To Puerto Rico Gets 11 Years

CHARLOTTE AMAKIE — A Dominican Republic man who thought he would make $200,000 by taking 2,500 pounds of cocaine from Venezuela to Puerto Rico — instead got 11 years in…

John McCarthy July 23, 2021

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Coast Guard Seizes $15 Million In Illegal Drugs In The Mona Passage

SAN JUAN — The U.S. Coast Guard said the crew of the cutter Joseph Tezanos offloaded nearly $15 million in seized cocaine and transferred custody of two male smugglers at…

John McCarthy July 18, 2021

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Coast Guard Suspends Search For Missing Person In The Water Near Culebra

SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing male boater Wednesday night near the island of Culebra off Puerto Rico. “Suspending a search is never easy, our…

John McCarthy July 8, 2021

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Coast Guard Medevacs Crew Member From Barge South of Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — The crew of a Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter medevaced a crewmember from a 400-foot accommodation barge Monday, approximately 140 nautical miles south of Ponce, Puerto Rico.…

John McCarthy July 1, 2021

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Coast Guard Rescues Stranded Diver Off Dutchcap Cay In St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A diver’s worst fear is being stranded alone in the open sea, and a man in his 60s faced that terrifying situation after he was stranded in…

VI Free Press May 26, 2021

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Combat Ship With Coast Guard Detachment Seizes $12 Million In Drugs In Caribbean

SANTO DOMINGO — The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Wichita (LCS 13) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 402 seized an estimated $12 million in suspected…

VI Free Press May 25, 2021

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Coast Guard Cutter Services 23 Buoys At 8 Maritime Ports In Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Willow completed a twelve-day mission Wednesday servicing 23 critical aids to navigation (AToN) across eight maritime ports in Puerto Rico. The crew of…

VI Free Press May 22, 2021

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Coast Guard Directs 66 Illegal Dominican Migrants Back To Hispaniola

SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley crew repatriated 66 migrants to the Dominican Republic Tuesday, following the interdiction of two illegal voyages in Mona Passage waters off…

VI Free Press May 19, 2021

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Coast Guard Helps Sailboat Reach Its ‘Destination’ With Rescue At Sea

SALT RIVER — Unsure how to sail, not knowing how to deploy their anchor, out of fuel and essentially lost just nine miles north of St. Croix, the new owners…

VI Free Press May 6, 2021