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Coast Guard Intercepts Vessel Carrying 25 Haiti Migrants off Jupiter Coast
The Sentinel-class cutter USCGC William Flores (WPC 1103) arrives in Port Everglades for Fleet Week Port Everglades 2019 on April 29, 2019. (Kristen Cheyenne Yarber/U.S. Navy)
7 Mar 2021
JUPITER, Fla. Authorities intercepted a vessel carrying 25 Haitian migrants northeast of the coast of Jupiter this week, the U.S. Coast Guard reported Friday.
Rescue crews from the Coast Guard Station Lake Worth Inlet and from Customs and Border Protection s Air and Marine Operations responded Wednesday to reports of a vessel taking on water about 30 miles offshore.
The crew determined that the vessel was overloaded but not in danger of sinking. The Coast Guard Cutter William Flores arrived on scene and took 25 Haitian nationals – nine men, nine women, and seven accompanied minors – for repatriation to Haiti.
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