The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says Ramey Sector Border Patrol agents in Puerto Rico have apprehended 16 undocumented Caribbean migrants that disembarked from a makeshift wooden vessel near a shopping mall.
After an extensive search, CBP agents located 16 undocumented migrants, 12 adult males from the Dominican Republic, two adult males from Haiti, one adult female from Haiti and one adult female from the Dominican Republic.
CBP said a Haitian female complaining of dehydration was transported to Camuy Health Services for medical evaluation.
During this federal fiscal year, CBP said Ramey Sector Border Patrol agents have apprehended 1,329 non-citizens who attempted or entered the US illegally in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
