SAN JUAN — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez rescued 34 Haitians Monday, who were left abandoned by smugglers on the rocky cliffs of
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Coast Guard Suspends Search For Person In The Water Off Playa Escondida Near Fajardo
SAN JUAN — Coast Guard air and surface units suspended a two-day search pending further developments Sunday evening for a person in the water in
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Coast Guard Assists Sailboat Watoosh Swamped By Weather South of Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle assisted two U.S. boaters aboard the sailing vessel Watoosh in the Caribbean Sea and completed a
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2 Hapless BVI Cocaine Runners Whose Boat Conked Out Near St. Croix Admit Guilt
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Two of four would-be BVI cocaine smugglers who were undone when their cigarette boat stalled out northeast of St. Croix admitted to
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Snorkeler Reported Missing Off Ham’s Bluff Rescued By Coast Guard On St. Croix
FREDERIKSTED — A Coast Guard boat crew rescued a missing snorkeler who was found stranded on the rocks off the Hams Bluff Lighthouse in St.
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US Rescues 12 Haitians From Tiny Island Near Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN — A dozen Haitian migrants who spent five days on a tiny, uninhabited island near Puerto Rico where human smugglers abandoned them were
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Oil Tanker Owners Slapped With $250,000 Fine For Polluting The Air With High-Sulfur Fuel
CHRISTIANSTED — Ionian Management Inc., a New York-based company that commercially manages three vessels, including the M/T Ocean Princess, was slapped with a $250,000 environmental
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Parents of Missing British Woman Say CCTV Bar Footage Re-Appeared 1 Year After Her Disappearance
CRUZ BAY — The family and friends of a British woman missing from a yacht off St. John have criticized police for not releasing surveillance
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Coast Guard Takes 69 Dominican Republic Nationals Back Home
SAN JUAN — The Coast Guard repatriated 69 Dominican Republic nationals to the Dominican Republic between Saturday and Monday, following multiple illegal voyage vessel interdictions
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2 Venezuelans Sentenced to 3.4 Years In Prison For 2019 Drug Conspiracy Case
CHRISTIANSTED — Two of 11 Venezuela nationals arrested off the coast of St. Croix waters three years ago in connection with drug smuggling charges were
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