Coast Guard, partner agencies detain 13 Mexican fishermen, seizes 1,500 pounds of illegally caught fish off Texas coast

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Coast Guard, partner agencies detain 13 Mexican fishermen, seizes 1,500 pounds of illegally caught fish off Texas coast
06/13/2025 05:43 PM EDT

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard and partner agencies interdicted and detained 13 Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing and seized approximately 1,500 pounds of fish in federal waters off southern Texas, Friday.
A 33-foot Special Purpose Craft Law Enforcement boat crew from Coast Guard Station South Padre Island surveys a Mexican lancha offshore the southern Texas coast, June 13, 2025. Coast Guard crews detained 12 Mexican fishermen and seized 1,500 pounds of red snapper. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Station South Padre Island)