SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — By the time the sun rose over the San Diego skyline Wednesday morning, agents with Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations unit had already been on the water patrolling the California coastline for hours.
Their fast-moving boats cost $1 million a piece and are designed to intercept all sorts of smuggling events on the water.
“That encompasses pangas, small vessels, jet skis, swimmers, all of those are considered marine events,” said Eric LaVergne, spokesman with U.S. Border Patrol…