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Panga Boat Carrying 17 Illegal Migrants Found in Malibu



News from ONSCENE TV:

"Ventura County Sheriff deputies responded to a report of an unoccupied panga boat that had landed on the beach off PCH near the Los Angeles County line.

Deputies found approximately 25 life vests aboard the boat.

Shortly after a report came in that authorities had a van stopped on PCH near Pepperdine University filled with the occupants of the panga boat.

Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies from the Lost Hills station were on scene assisting U.S. Customs and Border Protection as well as the U.S. Coast Guard in processing the migrants."



"Ventura County Sheriff deputies surveilling the coast reported an inbound panga boat.

The boat landed at Thornhill Broome Beach with 17 migrants who were eventually rounded up by deputies on the beach after several of the migrants attempted to flee on foot.

Several migrants were evaluated by paramedics at the scene while deputies provided humanitarian aid.

The incident has been handed over U.S. Customs and Border Protection."

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