An overloaded vessel with approximately 35 migrants aboard is interdicted Monday, Jan. 7, 2019 approximately 34 miles west of Desecheo, Puerto Rico, as a result of ongoing efforts in support of Operational Unified Resolve, Operation Caribbean Guard and the Caribbean Border Interagency Group (CBIG). The crew of a Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry, deployed to Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico, detected a migrant vessel and the Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez (WPC-1114), who arrived on scene, embarked the 35 migrants and discovered a backpack with 4 kilograms of heroin floating near the vessel. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of the Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez
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