020816: SAN DIEGO – Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations Agents, with the help of the Coast Guard, interdicted a recreational vessel carrying nine undocumented migrants. A CBP A-Star helicopter A-Star helicopter assisted with vessel traffic and directed agents operating an AMO SAFE Boat to the suspect vessel. Agents arrived on scene to discover an unlit, ill-equipped and overloaded vessel with nine persons on board. AMO agents determined that all passengers were in the country illegally. Photo provided by: Customs and Border Protection

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