Coast Guard Stops Boat Carrying 10 Migrants Off Point Loma

SAN DIEGO, CA — The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a boat carrying 10 suspected migrants off the coast of Point Loma, officials said.

The Coast Guard Sector San Diego Joint Harbor Operations Center was alerted around 2:30 a.m. Monday to an unidentified vessel sailing toward U.S. waters, prompting the dispatch of a patrolling Coast Guard cutter, according to USCG officials.

The Coast Guard Cutter Forrest Rednour boarding team intercepted a 15-foot panga around 4 a.m. about 9 miles southwest of Point Loma, officials said. All 10 people aboard claimed Mexican nationality.

The Coast Guard transported the vessel and all 10 migrants to another Department of Homeland Security agency at Ballast Point for further investigation, the USCG said.