Migrants caught off Point Loma (North County Times)

Migrants caught off Point Loma
By: North County Times wire services Saturday, March 22, 2008 10:39 PM PDT

SAN DIEGO ---- Eleven Mexican migrants were apprehended early Saturday aboard a 30-foot recreational vessel about 3 miles off Point Loma, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The boat was spotted by a 33-foot Coast Guard patrol vessel at 4:50 a.m., said Coast Guard spokeswoman Anastasia Devlin.
A Coast Guard cutter arrived at the scene shortly thereafter to pick up the 11 migrants, including one pregnant woman, Devlin said.
The group was then transported to the Coast Guard station in San Diego, where they were met by agents of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for further investigation and processing, Devlin said.
The operation was a joint effort among the Coast Guard, the Border Protection's Air & Marine Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, all of which come under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.