Chief Peter Nelson, officer in charge for Coast Guard Station San Diego, described escalating confrontations with smugglers.

An 18th person was also aboard the 35-foot boat, which was sinking, when the Coast Guard sent out a helicopter.

Law enforcement authorities seized a "narco-sub" in international waters of the Atlantic Ocean near Portugal heading for the ...

The announcement of salary increases for Armed Forces personnel—excluding police officers, firefighters, and coast guard members—has sparked strong reactions from security forces ...

SAN DIEGO — U.S. soldiers, assigned to 716th Military Police Battalion, Task Force Griffin, are supporting the southern ...

The body of missing firefighter Connor Lees was found in Long Beach, four months after he went missing during a recreational ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has seized more than $500 million ... Mexican drug cartel bosses have been extradited to the United States for prosecution in the past month. According to U.S. Customs and ...

“The Coast Guard and our partners work tirelessly to deny drug trafficking organizations access to smuggling routes bound for the United States. Our efforts contribute to federal investigations ...

It was on that day that United States Coast Guard Cutter Stone, whose homeport is Charleston, used its Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron, known as HITRON, to detect a suspicious vessel in ...

The Coast Guard noted that one of the migrants had a previous criminal record in the United States and was charged with attempted illegal re-entry into the country. Two of the three migrants from ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded more than 45,000 pounds of illegal drugs, mostly cocaine, at Port Everglades on Thursday, marking what officials called an “unprecedented ...

He said the Coast Guard wants to strengthen its presence at the southern coastline "to protect the border security and territorial integrity of the United States." President Donald Trump’s ...