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Coast Guard fired on a noncompliant vessel carrying 25 Chinese nationals approximately one mile south of Key Biscayne on June 10, marking a forceful escalation in maritime border enforcement under Operation Vigilant Sentry.
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed no injuries resulted from the interdiction, which ended with the migrants transferred to a Coast Guard cutter for processing and the boat seized.
Enforcement Action off Key Biscayne Coast Guard Station Miami Beach crews first deployed warning shots after the vessel refused to comply with orders to stop.
When those proved ineffective, crews escalated to "disabling fire" — a targeted measure aimed at halting propulsion rather than harming those aboard. The vessel was subsequently seized and towed to Station Miami Beach.
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