CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard has seized in separate incidents two Mexican boats that were caught illegally fishing off the Gulf Coast waters of South Texas.
Coast Guard officials say in the first incident, one boat was seized after an agency helicopter spotted it fishing about 26 miles offshore. Three Mexican citizens on board were taken into custody.
In the second incident, a disabled fishing boat was spotted about 34 miles off the coast of South Padre Island.
Officials say three Mexican citizens and illegal fishing gear were found on the boat.
Both incidents took place on Friday.
The Coast Guard says that since October 2014, 24 such illegal fishing boats have been seized and another 176 have been detected.
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