The U.S. Coast Guard detained 16 suspected aliens after intercepting their vessel offshore California early Monday.
The Coast Guard said an Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules air crew alerted watchstanders at the Joint Harbor Operations Center (JHOC) at around 11:46 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13, that they had spotted a suspicious Panga-style vessel approximately 21 miles west of San Diego.
Watchstanders dispatched the Coast Guard Cutter Terrell Horne to intercept the vessel. The Terrell Horne crew located the vessel at around 2:50 a.m. Monday, and embarked a boarding team…