ACKSONVILLE, Fla.— Air and Marine Operations, an operational component of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, detected a vessel Sunday with 240 migrants that authorities in the Turks and Caicos Islands rescued after its engines lost power and began taking on water.
At 2:45 p.m. on May 31, a Jacksonville Air and Marine Branch Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft detected a vessel about 65 nautical miles south of Turks and Caicos. The vessel, a 50-foot Haitian wooden boat equipped with two outboard engines, was heading north toward the islands.
The AMO aircrew relayed information to Turks and Caicos authorities and Operation Bahamas, Turks and Caicos partners, who continued to provide updates on the vessel’s position, course, and...
