Coast Guard interdicts 35 migrants off Puerto Rico

An overloaded vessel with approximately 35 migrants aboard is interdicted Monday, Jan. 7, 2019 approximately 34 miles west of Desecheo, Puerto Rico, as a result of ongoing efforts in support of Operational Unified Resolve, Operation Caribbean Guard and the Caribbean Border Interagency Group (CBIG). The crew of a Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry, deployed to Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico, detected a migrant vessel and the Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez (WPC-1114), who arrived on scene, embarked the 35 migrants and discovered a backpack with 4 kilograms of heroin floating near the vessel. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of the Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez