Coast Guard detains 3 undocumented migrants off Imperial Beach

One of three undocumented expatriates who were intercepted by federal personnel Saturday Photo courtesy of the U S Coast Guard The U S Coast Guard caught three undocumented immigrants in a small boat off the coast of Imperial Beach over the weekend agents announced Monday Personnel with the federal maritime agency spotted the -foot vessel roughly six miles from shore at about p m Saturday according to USCG general affairs When the occupants of the boat refused to surrender the federal personnel fired warning shots with a shotgun and then fired pepper-spray rounds onto the skiff the Coast Guard shared At that point the persons two of whom claimed Mexican nationality and the other Turkish citizenship gave themselves up They were turned over to the custody of the Department of Homeland Protection at Ballast Point