{"id":179654,"date":"2026-02-16T02:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/179654\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T02:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T02:03:18","slug":"coast-guard-intercepts-vessel-with-14-migrants-near-point-loma-san-diego-union-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/179654\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard intercepts vessel with 14 migrants near Point Loma \u2013 San Diego Union-Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a vessel with 14 suspected migrants aboard off the coast of Point Loma on Friday afternoon,\u00a0federal officials said Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The boat was spotted around 4:30 p.m. about 18 miles west of San Diego by the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Forrest Rednour. The individuals on board claimed to be Mexican nationals, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.uscg.mil\/Press-Releases\/Article\/4407097\/coast-guard-interdicts-14-aliens-near-point-loma-calif\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The group was taken to Ballast Point, where they were turned over to another Department of Homeland Security agency for investigation, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>There were no reported injuries, the Mexican consulate in San Diego said Sunday. Consulate personnel interviewed those who were on board to offer assistance if needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a vessel with 14 suspected migrants aboard off the coast of Point Loma&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[8350,7,138,181,23,100,3365,74,84,76,75],"class_list":{"0":"post-179654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-border-baja-california","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","11":"tag-latest-headlines","12":"tag-local-news","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-point-loma","15":"tag-san-diego","16":"tag-san-diego-county","17":"tag-san-diego-headlines","18":"tag-san-diego-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}