SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CBS12) — The United States Coast Guard (USCG) had to clean up a huge oil spill after a 40-foot vessel washed ashore on Mona Island, Puerto Rico, spilling diesel and oil debris.

Marine Agents of US Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations (AMO), arrested Wednesday three non-citizens transporting inside a “yola” vessel 384 pounds (174.4 kilograms) of cocaine ...

A containership rescued 11 migrants from a capsized boat approximately 20 nautical miles northwest of Mona Island, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Coast Guard said.The survivors are 10 adult men and a male ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said park rangers on Mona Island alerted authorities to the arrival of 41 men and seven women. In June 2022, at least five Haitian migrants died and 68 others were ...

Cave art on Mona Island (All images by and courtesy Jago Cooper and Alice Samson) In the subterranean network of caves on Mona Island, 41 miles west of Puerto Rico, archaeologists have discovered a ...

Migrant smugglers are marooning large groups of Haitians and others on small, uninhabited islands between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, raising concerns about the safety of defenseless ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.S. federal authorities said Wednesday that they detained 48 Haitian migrants who were abandoned by smugglers on an uninhabited island between Puerto Rico and the Dominican ...