Trawler Seized for Trying to Smuggle Immigrants
A fishing trawler seized on the high seas for attempting to smuggle Chinese immigrants into the United States was escorted into port by a Coast Guard cutter Thursday.
The 150-foot Jinn Yin No. 1 was intercepted Tuesday in the Pacific Ocean about 400 miles off San Diego after the Coast Guard captured the yacht Liberated Lady with 85 immigrants aboard in U.S. waters three miles off San Pedro.
The immigrants were from China, U.S. authorities said. The yacht was allegedly ferrying the immigrants from the trawler to shore. The Jinn Yin’s crew stayed aboard as the vessel came in with the cutter Venturous. The trawler was impounded by U.S. marshals, Petty Officer William Atkinson said.
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