Venezuelan Migrants Pay Panamanian Smugglers for Boat Ride Home
A report from Senafront, the Panama government's border agency, shows that migrants once hire the same boat smugglers who transport them from Colombia to Panama and return home. Panama's institutions call the process “reverse” transition. The developing trend appears to be in response to President Trump's strict immigration enforcement strategy. Senafront reported this trend after […]
US Coast Guard, NYPD recovery efforts in progress near Staten Island after boat capsized with six people onboard
A search is underway for a missing person near the New York coast after a boat carrying six people was eventually killed and two others hospitalized on Sunday. The U.S. Coast Guard and New York City police and fire departments are involved in the rest of the sailors' recovery efforts. Coast Guard officials said they […]
Video shows U.S. Coast Guard rescue 3 stranded boaters from their capsized boat
Video from the US Coast Guard shows the moment when three sailors were rescued after the ship capsized off Florida over the weekend. The rescue mission took place on Sunday after the coast guard was called to find three expired sailors from Capture Island. The family of one sailor informed the Coast Guard about 1am […]
Separate boat fires in NJ, NY overnight kill 2 women, send 3 to hospital: officials
Officials said Raging swallowed boats in New Jersey and Westchester overnight in separate incidents. Newark police said two people trapped in a burning boat in an alley near 20 Pencey Place around 8:45pm on Friday. I received a call about an adult woman. The two women, who remained unidentified, were taken to university hospital where […]
8-year-old boy dies as boat carrying migrants capsizes off Panama coast
A boat carrying 19 immigrants — part of the “reversible” of immigrants who once wanted to arrive in the US — has been smashed from Panama's Caribbean coast on Saturday, claiming the lives of an 8-year-old Venezuelan boy Border authorities said. . The boat, filled with mainly Venezuelans and Colombians, had a total of 21 […]
Boat packed with Mexican, Chinese immigrants cut off while trying to get to California: Coast Guard
A boat carrying 20 immigrants from Mexico and China was intercepted on the high seas while trying to reach the California coastline, the United States The Coast Guard said in the release.. The 30-foot “Panga Style” boat was located about 21 miles from the coast of Point Roma near San Diego when it was discovered […]
California boat carrying 20 illegal migrants intercepted by San Diego Coast Guard
Coast Guard crews on Tuesday discovered 20 illegal immigrants in waters off the coast of Southern California. According to the Coast Guard, Cutter Haddock's crew intercepted a 30-foot Panga-style ship from a 21-mile Point Roma. The boat was discovered by US Customs and Border Protection Airlines and Maritime Operations Patrol aircraft and was notified to […]
Coast Guard interdicts boat with 20 migrants
Coast Guard crews on Tuesday discovered 20 illegal immigrants in waters off the coast of Southern California. According to the Coast Guard, Cutter Haddock's crew intercepted a 30-foot Panga-style ship from a 21-mile Point Roma. The boat was discovered by US Customs and Border Protection Airlines and Maritime Operations Patrol aircraft and was notified to […]
Search underway for Georgia teacher Gary Jones who was last seen on boat with fiancée
The Georgia teacher was last seen over a week before celebrating his 50th birthday on a fishing boat along with his fiance, who was found dead on the lake the following day. Westminster school teacher and coach Gary Jones and his bride Joysiln Wilson were found at Lake Oconey, a popular recreational destination, about 70 […]
Boat captain who rescued Navy pilots from San Diego Bay after jet crash describes surreal moment
Captain of a fishing charter boat rescued two parachute naval pilots after witnessing a unmanned fighter jet plunge San Diego Bay He described what he saw as something in the film. The US Navy electronic watering aircraft, a Boeing EA-18G Growler, hit San Diego Bay near North Island Naval Air Station at 10:15am Wednesday. Colonel […]