Image Credits: Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nA U.S. Coast Guard patrol crew intercepted a smuggling attempt Sunday evening after disabling the engine of a fleeing vessel about seven miles off Mission Bay. Seven foreign nationals aboard the boat were taken into custody and handed over to federal authorities.<\/p>\n
At about 5:10 p.m., a Coast Guard response boat crew spotted a 25-foot cuddy cabin vessel drifting in U.S. territorial waters near Mission Bay. When approached, the boat unexpectedly accelerated southward toward the Mexican maritime boundary, which led to a Coast Guard chase.<\/p>\n
Officials said the fleeing boat ignored repeated orders to stop. The Coast Guard first fired warning shots and then 15 non-lethal pepper-ball rounds. These attempts failed to halt the vessel, which instead rammed the patrol boat, causing minor damage.<\/p>\n
In response, the Coast Guard crew fired three \u201cprecision rounds\u201d into the vessel\u2019s starboard engine, effectively stopping it about four nautical miles southwest of Point Loma, around 15-20 nautical miles from where the chase began and less than 10 nautical miles from the U.S.-Mexico maritime boundary.<\/p>\n
The boat carried seven Mexican men. No serious injuries were reported, though some felt irritation from the pepper-balls. Both the crew and the vessel were taken into custody and transferred to the Department of Homeland Security for further processing.<\/p>\n
The last case in San Diego involving disabling fire was on May 10, when a cabin cruiser carrying eight foreign nationals was stopped\u00a0after failing to heed warnings.<\/p>\n
According to reports, the Coast Guard has tripled its patrol boat fleet in Southern California this year to fight illegal immigration and smuggling at sea.<\/p>\n
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