The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 18 presumed migrants, including children, that had been stranded at sea without food or water for five days after their boat broke down, officials said on Nov. 24.
They were rescued in international waters near the U.S.-Mexico border.
“At 4 p.m. @USCG responded to a report of 18, presumed migrants, in a disabled vessel near the #SWborder. #CG launched a helicopter crew and recovered 5 adults and 2 children. A Mexican naval vessel rescued the remaining 11,” USCG Southern California said on Twitter.
“Occupants said they had been without food/water for 5 days,” they added.
The U.S. Coast Guard San Diego office told NBC San Diego that officials received a distress call at around 4 p.m. after the boat was spotted by a passing vessel off the coast of Baja, California….