Marine Agents Intercept Boat Carrying 18 Illegal Aliens Off California Coast

Catalina Island, United States – Marine interdiction agents intercepted a boat carrying 18 people about 12 nautical miles east of Catalina Island, California.

Footage released by Air and Marine Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows agents pulling alongside a white fishing boat on Saturday, November 7, boarding the vessel and gathering the people on board in the cockpit as the boat is taken toward shore.

The agency said an aircraft from the San Diego Air and Marine Branch first detected the vessel. Marine Interdiction Agents from the Long Beach Marine Unit made the intercept, took the boat to Newport Harbor and transferred the 18 people to the U.S. Border Patrol for processing.