Saturday June 4, following a report from a maritime customs and border protection patrol, a 28-foot boat with 21 illegal Haitian migrants on board and a Colombian national was intercepted by the US Coast Guard offshore from the coast of Lake Worth Beach (Palm Beach County, Florida).

The Colombian national and a Haitian were handed over to "Homeland Security Investigations" for additional information.

Subsequently, the 20 Haitians were transferred to the US Coast Guard's "Cutter Confidence" for repatriation.

Thursday June 10, 2021, the crew of the "Cutter Confidence" repatriated our 20 compatriots to Cap-Haitien.

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