SAN JUAN — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevaced a Symphony of the Seas cruise ship passenger southwest of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
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Coast Guard seizes $4.5 million in cocaine, transfers custody of 2 smugglers
SAN JUAN — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier offloaded 182 kilograms of cocaine and transferred custody of two male smugglers to federal
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Two BVI cocaine smugglers get nearly 5 years in prison
CHRISTIANSTED – Two British Virgin Islands citizens who were caught smuggling 1,470 pounds of cocaine on a boat near St. Croix got nearly five years in
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Boaters caught trying to smuggle over 110,000 live eels out of Puerto Rico, feds say
SAN JUAN — Two people are facing charges after the United States Coast Guard found them trying to take over 110,000 eels out of Puerto
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Nicaraguan Native Gets Almost 6 Years For Smuggling 1,212 Pounds of Cocaine
CHRISTIANSTED — A Nicaraguan national was given nearly six years in prison after his conviction on federal drug charges relating to the seizure of bulk
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Ecuador man gets 4.75 years in prison after guilty plea to cocaine conspiracy at sea
CHRISTIANSTED — A man from Ecuador was given a sentence of 4.75 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to cocaine smuggling. Carlos Benitez Estupinan,
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4 Venezuelans found dripping wet in a field after abandoning boat with $77M worth of cocaine
CHRISTIANSTED — Four Venezuelans have been charged with drug smuggling after they were found dripping wet in a Carlton field after abandoning their boat with
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Two dead as migrant vessel capsizes near Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN — A major search and rescue operation is under way in Puerto Rican waters as the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) tries to find
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Coast Guard, PRPD rescue three men whose boat capsized in rough seas today
SAN JUAN — Coast Guard and Puerto Rico Police air and surface crews rescued three boaters just off Desecheo Island in Puerto Rico today. Rescued
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Coast Guard medevacs U.S. citizen passenger from MS Nieuw Amsterdam cruise ship
SAN JUAN — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew conducted the medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) of a passenger from the MS Nieuw Amsterdam cruise ship
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