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By Bill Goldston |
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March 25, 2010 - The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Ocracoke repatriated
13 Dominicans to
Three migrants were identified through the use of biometrics (digital
fingerprints and photographs) as having attempted to previously enter
illegally into the
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The Coast Guard Cutter Ocracoke interdicted and safely embarked the
eight men and five women from the 25–foot wooden yola, while the crew of
an Air Station Borinquen MH-65 Dolphin helicopter flew rescue support
overhead.
The repatriation was completed at approximately 3:30 p.m. Tuesday when
custody of the migrants was transferred to awaiting Dominican Republic
Navy authorities in Cabo Engaño,
The concept of CBIG resulted from a March 2006 collaboration of local
Homeland Security components that effectively stemmed the increased flow
of traffic across the Mona Passage between the
In July 2006, CBIG was formally created to unify efforts of the U.S.
Customs and Border Protection's Office of Air & Marine (A&M), Office
of Field Operations (OFO), and Office of Border Patrol (OBP), the
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
the United States Attorney ' s Office, District of Puerto Rico, and
Puerto Rico Police Joint Forces of Rapid action (FURA) in their
common goal of securing Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
against illegal maritime traffic and gaining control of our nation's
Caribbean borders.
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