Update by edhat staff
A panga boat and fifteen passengers were apprehended near Arroyo Quemada beach Monday morning.
Initial reports state sightings of the boat were seen off the coast near Carpinteria. The U.S. Coast Guard, State Parks officers, Sheriff’s Deputies, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel responded to the call and searched the coastline between Goleta and Carpinteria, reports KEYT.
The boat landed at Arroyo Quemada, north of Goleta, shortly before 9:00 a.m. Fifteen people were arrested in what’s suspected to be a drug and human smuggling bust.
Update by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff’s deputies are providing aid to the 15 passengers of panga boat that landed on Arroyo Quemada beach shortly before 9am this morning.
We are coordinating with State & Federal agencies to determine jurisdiction and will update this thread with info when it is available.
Reported by CDeem
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George Washington and the early American patriots did not like what was happening in their country either. They organized and fought back. We can’t fix other people’s countries. They can. And they should. Too easy to come here and meet up with the relatives that have been sending them US dollars which naturally make the cartels want a piece of that action. I wish people bad habits here did not support the drug cartels. But few seem interested in stopping this traffic at the end customer which is here in the US.
People who want secure borders are not judgmental or racist. Stop labeling to win your arguments. Secure borders are fundamental. They are neutral. No sob stories subvert the need for secure borders. Lawful immigration in due course is the only way. Breaking the law works for no one. Don’t even pretend it does.
@ 9915 courageously hiding behind “anonymous” :
Let’s defend drug smugglers !!! They “defend” their families (you claim with NO proof of it) , and how many people do they KILL with their drug smuggling ? But that does NOT matter to you.
Let’s defund the police so that they no longer interfere with those “courageous” drug smugglers !
Let’s not put any criminals in jail anymore (you’re sure they’ve had “problems” in their lives, Right ?) Who does not have had problems in their lives ? : So let’s all become criminals !
What a wonderful society you have in mind !
Any linkage to the fires in rental transport trucks that could be waiting for the haul?
at some point they will just wade across the Rio Grande with all the other smugglers
OOPS – “wading” is old school, they now (walk) across. Don’t want to waste any energy enroute to the freebies awaiting them.
Why would they burn their transportation…….. I’m gonna go with “no link”
Oof, this thread is becoming ugly and hateful, fast. It is gross how many people think they are better and more deserving of the life and location they just happened to be born into. Have y’all done any research into these panga drug runs? Quite often, these folks are blackmailed and strong armed into committing these crimes, with credible threats against their families. We are talking getting kidnapped by the cartels, and told “you do this, or we torture and kill your family.” And as far as border crossing, it is frustrating, but I find it near impossible to judge someone born into extreme poverty with no education for attempting to “illegally” secure a better life. Too many of us priveleged folks are too quick to judge without considering the suffering behind these choices.
@12:11 – I totally agree with everything you say. I’m tired of judgmental racists. It’s both irritating and depressing.
Emboldened by the occupier in our White House and his wide open borders policy.
Either they’re *leaches* or they steal your jobs . It gets even worse when they work 3 jobs. Yeah, send ’em packing….unless they can drive a truck.
When we need truck drivers and we can’t find them from the US unemployed and the US under-educated, then we offer special visa. Good blue collar jobs provide adequate income and life satisfaction for US workers.
Biden does not have a “wide open borders policy”. Quit lying.
JAMES B – “occupier?” How do you mean? Are you seriously still suggesting the election was rigged? Even Trump knew it wasn’t only days after election night. Come on now. — https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/573227-trump-campaign-knew-soon-after-election-that-voting-machine-tampering-claims
Ooh, James, just doing your little part to try and tear apart what’s left of our Democracy, huh?
Sac, it’s a widespread psychosis. There are millions who will believe whatever instance conspiracy theory they are fed because it allows them to maintain their victim status rather than taking charge of bettering their lives and community. So much easier to watch television or scroll Facebook than get out and put hours of real work into helping real people. Sad and pathetic.
SB Tahoe, what would you call it?