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Florida Ship Intercepted Boat of Haitian Illegals carrying Firearms and Drugs

Seamus OthotBy Seamus OthotMarch 15, 2024Updated:March 15, 20243 Comments2 Mins Read
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Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) announced on Friday that Florida Fish and Wildlife Officers apprehended a ship of Haitian potentially illegal immigrants attempting to smuggle drugs into the U.S.

[RELATED: DeSantis Deploys National Guard to Stop Potential Haitian Migrant Arrivals as Gang Leaders Seize Island Nation…]

“Officers interdicted a vessel that had 25 Illegal immigrants, potentially illegal immigrants from Haiti. In their boat, in their vessel they had firearms, they had drugs, they had night vision gear,” said Gov. DeSantis.

"They had firearms, they had drugs, they had night vision gear."

Governor DeSantis announced today that Florida interdicted a vessel filled with potentially illegal immigrants from Haiti. https://t.co/BDsMOWczUQ pic.twitter.com/6vBMar2VQy

— The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) March 15, 2024

The report comes just days after DeSantis announced that he would be deploying the Florida National Guard to defend the state’s coastline ahead of an expected illegal mass migration from Haiti.

The Biden administration has admitted that it expects an influx of Haitian immigrants as their country has been taken over by a gang leader known as “Barbecue,” and allegations have arisen that cannibals have been running rampant through city streets.

Biden administration officials have stated they are preparing for a huge influx of Haitian migrants.

Are these the next "people from away" coming to a small Maine town near you? pic.twitter.com/vnx2UFy0Wd

— The Maine Wire (@TheMaineWire) March 12, 2024

While Haiti descends further into chaos, increasing numbers of Haitian citizens are expected to attempt to seek sanctuary in the United States.

As the Biden administration has failed to act to prevent the influx of Haitian criminals like the ones apprehended by Florida, states have been forced to defend their own borders despite federal opposition.

[RELATED: Border Invasion: Florida Will Send 1,000 Troops to Support Texas in Defending its Border as the Federal Government Facilitates a Foreign Invasion…]

DeSantis’ decision to deploy the National Guard at his state’s cost mirrors the decision from Gov. Greg Abbot (R-Texas) to ignore federal rulings and deploy the Texas National Guard to defend Texas’s border with Mexico.

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Seamus Othot

Seamus Othot is a reporter for The Maine Wire. He grew up in New Hampshire, and graduated from The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, where he was able to spend his time reading the great works of Western Civilization. He can be reached at [email protected]

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Ryan J Murdough
Ryan J Murdough
2 years ago

Intercepted? They need to be annihilated into shark food.

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Gardiner Schneider
Gardiner Schneider
2 years ago

“Officers interdicted a vessel that had 25 Illegal immigrants” In not the proper descriptive: “Illegal aliens”?

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Cliff
Cliff
2 years ago

Not one of these articles mention the fact that included with the 25 illegal migrants on board, the vessel operator and a passenger were BOTH U.S. citizens. THEY are the ones who had drugs, weapons and night vision goggles, not the migrants; the DeSantis and media narrative being that the poor migrants fleeing violence in their homeland were somehow coming to the US to commit acts of violence with the weapons, drugs and night vision goggles found on board.

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