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Undocumented
alien
arrested
on jet
ski on
Lake
Erie,
subject
had
deportation
warrant
PORT
CLINTON,
OH -
Marine
Interdiction
Agents
with
U.S.
Customs
and
Border
Protection
(CBP)
Air and
Marine
Operations
(AMO)
along
with
U.S.
Border
Patrol
agents
arrested
an
illegal
alien
fishing
from a
jet ski
in Lake
Erie.
On
Tuesday,
AMO
agents
and
Border
Patrol
agents
spotted
a jet
ski
approximately
one mile
north of
West
Harbor.
The
watercraft,
which
appeared
to be
anchored
with two
subjects
fishing,
had no
state
registration
number
visible.
CBP
Marine
Interdiction
agents
along
with a
Border
Patrol
agent
made
contact
with the
jet ski
and
questioned
the two
subjects,
who
admitted
they
were
Mexican
nationals
and not
in
possession
of any
immigration
documents.
The two
subjects
were
transported
by the
AMO SAFE
Boat
crew
back to
land and
handed
off to
U.S.
Border
Patrol
agents
who
transported
them to
the
United
States
Border
Patrol
Sandusky
Bay
Station
for
further
identification.
“During
the
summer
months
Lake
Erie is
one of
the
busiest
boating
communities
in the
nation,”
said
Brian
Manaher,
Deputy
Director
Marine
Operations,
Great
Lakes
Air and
Marine
Branch.
“This
case is
a
testament
to our
highly
skilled
law
enforcement
ability
to
differentiate
between
legitimate
boat
traffic
and
nefarious
traffic.”
At the
Border
Patrol
station
one
subject
was
identified
as a
valid
DACA
recipient
and was
transported
back to
his jet
ski and
released.
The
other
subject
was
identified
as a
Mexican
national
with a
current
warrant
of
deportation
which
was
issued
on
October
2, 2012.
The
subject
and his
property
were
turned
over to
the
custody
of
ICE/ERO
where he
will be
held
pending
his
removal.
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