{"id":523312,"date":"2026-09-09T10:26:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/u-s-coast-guard-repatriates-51-dominican-and-haitian-migrants-intercepted-near-puerto-rico\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T10:26:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:26:28","slug":"u-s-coast-guard-repatriates-51-dominican-and-haitian-migrants-intercepted-near-puerto-rico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/u-s-coast-guard-repatriates-51-dominican-and-haitian-migrants-intercepted-near-puerto-rico\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Coast Guard repatriates 51 Dominican and Haitian migrants intercepted near Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Puerto Rico.\u2013<\/strong> The <strong>United States Coast Guard<\/strong> repatriated <strong>51 Dominican and Haitian migrants<\/strong> to the Dominican Republic this Tuesday, after they were intercepted while traveling on a vessel off the coast of <strong>Aguadilla<\/strong>, in northwestern Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the information provided by U.S. authorities, the vessel was initially detected by an air crew from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aduanas.gob.do\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Customs<\/a> and Border Protection (CBP)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/tag\/guardia-costera-estadounidense\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"22852\">U.S. Coast Guard<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the sighting, the Coast Guard mobilized <strong>a vessel and a helicopter<\/strong> to carry out the interdiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vessel was overloaded<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The authorities indicated that the migrants were traveling in a <strong>precarious and overloaded vessel<\/strong>, a situation that posed a risk to the safety of the people on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among those intercepted were <strong>34 Dominican citizens<\/strong>, distributed as 30 men, two women, and two minors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Likewise, <strong>17 Haitian citizens<\/strong> were identified, of whom 15 were men and two were women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After completing the corresponding procedure, the <strong>51 migrants were repatriated to Dominican territory<\/strong>, as reported by the U.S. Coast Guard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Puerto Rico.\u2013 The United States Coast Guard repatriated 51 Dominican and Haitian migrants to the Dominican Republic this Tuesday, after they were intercepted while traveling on a vessel off the coast of Aguadilla, in northwestern Puerto Rico. 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