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Rescission of Cuba as a State Sponsor of Terrorism

Press Statement

Jeff Rathke
Director, Office of Press Relations
Washington, DC

May 29, 2015

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard, the Royal Netherlands Navy and U.S. law enforcement partner agencies seized 13,000 pounds of marijuana, a cargo freighter and apprehended 12 smugglers, during an at-sea interdiction May 13, 2015 in the Caribbean Sea.

The drug shipment is estimated to have a wholesale value of more than $13 million dollars, while the six Jamaican, five Guyanese and a Vincentian male crew are to be prosecuted for drug smuggling by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Puerto Rico.

Oliver Nathaniel Clark was born April 20, 1929 in Del Ray Beach, Florida, the fifth of six children born of the union between Ernest Wilson Clark and Agnes Levita Clark. He was smart, inquisitive and had many experiences growing up that shaped his future, including being an acolyte in church, raising chickens, working as a caddy and his first “real” job in a fish market.

AMAICA, N.Y. — U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers in New York are always discovering interesting concealment methods.  Hiding cocaine in his underwear is another way that a would-be smuggler attempted to transport illegal drugs into the United States.

JAMAICA, N.Y. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at John F. Kennedy International airport recently intercepted was is believed to be the first Mediterranean fruit fly arriving from South America.

The Governor's Commission on Caribbean Affairs cordially iinvites you to attend its April 2015 Commission Meeting

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard is assisting the Haitian Coast Guard in searching for possible Haitian migrants in the water after it’s believed their sail freighter ran aground in Haitian territorial seas Wednesday.

The Coast Guard received notification Thursday evening that 17 deceased bodies washed ashore in Haiti. The Haitian Coast Guard rescued 12 survivors but advised that 19 were still missing.

The Haitian Coast Guard requested U.S. Coast Guard air assets to assist with the search.