9 Immigrants Arrested in Boat Off San Diego

Nine undocumented immigrants were arrested off the coast of San Diego as they sailed into the U.S. on a recreational boat, Customs and Border Protection officials said.

At about 10:30 p.m. Monday, a Coast Guard crew reported a pleasure craft had crossed the U.S.-Mexico sea border and was dead-in-the-water near the Ocean Beach Pier.

Agents with CBP's Air and Marine Operations sailed to the spot and found an unlit, badly equipped and overloaded vessel with nine people on board, officials said.

All passengers were in the U.S. illegally, according to agents.

The nine people, as well as the boat's operator and navigator, were taken to the custom's dock in the San Diego Bay. Agents turned them over to the U.S. Border Patrol for processing and seized the boat.

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