Search on for occupants of illegal vessel that came ashore in Cabo Rojo

By THE STAR STAFF

Agents of the Añasco Maritime Unit and the United Rapid Action Forces (FURA by its acronym in Spanish) intercepted a boat with around 50 people on board off the coast of Cabo Rojo in the early hours of Monday morning.

According to preliminary information from the Police, at about 4 a.m. an alert was received from the Salty Dog system about a suspicious boat that was sailing about eight miles from the area of Pelayo and Joyuda.

Authorities tracked the boat to about three miles from the Joyuda Sports Complex, where a blue wooden vessel without navigation lights was located, with some 50 occupants.

Subsequently, the boat reached the coast, near the PR-102 highway, where its occupants disembarked and dispersed.