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SAN DIEGO, CA – The U.S. Coast Guard is locked in a frantic search after a crew member aboard the Cutter Waesche mysteriously vanished during a patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean near California waters. The crew member was last seen eight hours before being declared missing on Tuesday morning, setting off a multi-agency search effort across dangerous waters 300 nautical miles south of Mexico.
Cutter Waesche’s Mission Thrown Into Chaos
The Waesche had been conducting a routine counter-drug operation when the crew member’s disappearance suddenly disrupted the mission.
Once the absence was confirmed, the ship immediately altered its course, launching a sweeping search operation…