Federal authorities thwarted three separate sea smuggling attempts from Friday through Sunday, arresting 21 illegal immigrants and four suspected smugglers, including a female U.S. citizen who had allegedly stashed five immigrants aboard a cabin-style vessel .\n<\/p>\n
In the first incident Friday morning, federal agents arrested nine people who had apparently beached their panga boat near San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. A man suspected of being the driver for the group was also arrested, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.\n<\/p>\n
Saturday morning, U.S. Border Patrol agents boarded a boat docking near San Diego’s Mission Bay and arrested the driver, a female U.S. citizen, and five illegal immigrants from Mexico. On Sunday, agents intercepted a 24-foot Bayliner near San Diego’s Ocean Beach with eight immigrants aboard. One member of the group was charged with alien smuggling.\n<\/p>\n
The interdictions signal traffickers’ continuing efforts to smuggle illegal immigrants into California by sea to avoid increased enforcement over land.\n<\/p>\n
— Richard Marosi in San Diego<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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