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Boat with reported 842 Haitian migrants winds up in Cuba

Cuban state news media say that a single vessel carrying 842 Haitians who apparently were trying to reach the United States has landed instead in central Cuba

The Independent UK · May 25, 2022

VIDEO: Broken Sails: U.S. Coast Guard Medevac 4 Men From Broken Boat

The U.S. Coast Guard went into action to save the crew of the 39-foot sailing yacht Calypso after it encountered a rogue wave that toppled its mast in rough seas some 80 nautical miles from New York’s Long Island Sound.

Zenger · May 24, 2022

Search for survivors suspended in Haitian migrant boat capsize near Puerto Rico that left 11 dead

After days searching more than 6,600 square miles of ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard stopped looking for possible survivors Sunday night after an overloaded boat carrying Haitian migrants overturned near Puerto Rico’s western coast last week.

Miami Herald · May 16, 2022

Eleven dead after Haitian migrant vessel capsizes near Puerto Rico

At least 11 people drowned when a vessel carrying Haitian migrants capsized near Puerto Rico, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday, amid a steady increase in migrants attempting reach U.S. shores in dangerous marine voyages.

Reuters · May 13, 2022

11 dead and 31 rescued after boat capsizes in waters off Puerto Rico

Overturned craft was initially spotted by a US Customs and Border Protection helicopter

The Independent UK · May 12, 2022

At least 11 people dead after boat carrying Haitian migrants capsizes near Puerto Rico

At least 11 people died and 31 people were rescued after a boat carrying Haitian migrants overturned Thursday near an uninhabited island off Puerto Rico’s western coast, according to federal authorities.

Miami Herald · May 12, 2022

Ruling threatens US power as world's high-seas drug police

A little-noticed federal appeals court ruling this year threatens a key weapon in the United States’ war on drugs: A decades-old law that gives the U_S_ broad authority to make high-seas drug smuggling arrests anywhere in the world, even if those drugs aren't bound for the U_S_ The Maritime Drug…

The Independent UK · May 5, 2022

US Coast Guard returns 49 migrants to Cuba following interceptions off Florida Keys

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday returned 49 people to Cuba after stopping four vessels off the Florida Keys.

Miami Herald · May 5, 2022

US Coast Guard stops a total of 84 Cuban migrants at sea over a 3-day span

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a total of 84 people from Cuba migrating by sea off the Bahamas and the Florida Keys last week.

Miami Herald · Apr 28, 2022

As sea crossings by Haitian and Cuban migrants increase, so do US Coast Guard patrols

The white speck appears on the radar screen, bobbing in the surf far below as the waves crash into one another in the deep blue waters of the Florida Straits. A U.S. Coast Guard aviation electronics technician, manning the screen, leans forward for a closer look while cameras from the…

Miami Herald · Apr 24, 2022