Coast Guard interdicts 9 aliens west of Black’s Beach, Calif.

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U.S. Coast Guard Southwest District PA Detachment San Diego
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01/18/2026 10:40 AM EST

SAN DIEGO — Coast Guard members interdict nine suspected aliens approximately 19 miles west of Black’s Beach, Saturday morning. At 11:39 a.m., crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward (WPC 1130) encountered a cuddy-cabin vessel transiting at a high rate of speed.