{"id":2199987,"date":"2024-03-15T16:57:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T20:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-says-florida-intercepted-haitian-migrant-boat-carrying-drugs-guns\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T16:58:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T20:58:46","slug":"desantis-says-florida-intercepted-haitian-migrant-boat-carrying-drugs-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-says-florida-intercepted-haitian-migrant-boat-carrying-drugs-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Announces Florida Halts Haitian Boat Smuggling Drugs and Weapons"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-says-florida-intercepted-haitian-migrant-boat-carrying-drugs-guns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2199987&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"DeSantis Says Florida Intercepted Haitian Migrant Boat Carrying Drugs, Guns\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/anti-semitic-cartoonist-will-teach-fall-course-at-penn-ivy-league-school-announces\" data-post-url id=\"print-1869684\">\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<p>          \u200b      \u200d   (Getty Images)<br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>A Bold Interception at Sea: Florida&#8217;s Fight Against Illegal Migration<\/h2>\n<p>\n        <strong>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis<\/strong>, in \u2062a determined \u200bmove on Friday, disclosed an intense encounter at sea. State officials successfully intercepted a boat laden with Haitian migrants, an alarming \u200darray of firearms, and illegal drugs\u2014all \u200damidst the backdrop of Haiti&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-embassy-tells-americans-in-this-country-to-leave-as-soon-as-possible\/\" title=\"US Embassy advises immediate departure for Americans in this nation.\">escalating gang violence<\/a>.\n      <\/p>\n<h3>The Operation in \u2062Detail<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>        \u2062 \u200d  &#8220;Our Florida Fish and Wildlife \u200dofficers \u2062interdicted a vessel that had 25 Haitians \u200bwho may be illegal immigrants. With \u2062guns, drugs, and\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-president-zelensky-accuses-retreating-russian-troops-of-leaving-mines\/\" title=\"Ukrainian President Zelensky Accuses Retreating Russian Troops of Leaving Mines\">night vision gear<\/a> on board, \u200ctheir reckless sailing could have endangered others,&#8221; DeSantis said at \u200ca press conference.<br \/>\n   \u2064<br \/>\n        <br \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-wing-violence-bernie-minion-nabbed-in-possible-assassination-attempt\/\" title=\"Possible assassination attempt: Bernie supporter arrested for left-wing violence.\">governor \u2064revealed<\/a> \u2062that this vessel was seized in recent weeks, and the occupants\u2064 were subsequently handed to the Coast Guard\u200d for deportation.<br \/>\n\u2062\n      <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        This incident wasn\u2019t an isolated one. Earlier reports\u200d noted a\u200b leak revealing \u200cBorder Patrol emails, instructing Miami agents to brace for a possible \u200csurge of migrants\u200d escaping Haiti&#8217;s gang-dominated\u2062 turmoil.<br \/>\n   \u200b\n      <\/p>\n<h3>Florida&#8217;s Proactive Measures<\/h3>\n<p>        In anticipation of the crisis, DeSantis deployed nearly 150 officers\u2014including 48 from the National Guard\u2014to safeguard the \u200cFloridian shoreline.<br \/>\n       \u2064<br \/>\n        <br \/>&#8220;The Haitian migration to Florida\u2064 is just the start,&#8221; \u2064he stated, highlighting \u200dthat over 670 vessels with more than 13,500 migrants have been intercepted off Florida&#8217;s coast since the\u200d start of the year.<br \/>\n \u200c   \u200b \u2063\n      <\/p>\n<h3>A Stern Warning to Migrants<\/h3>\n<p>        DeSantis issued a stern warning to\u200b those contemplating the perilous journey to Florida&#8217;s shores. &#8220;Think twice,&#8221; he advised. &#8220;You will \u200blikely be stopped\u200d and sent \u2062home. The risks are great, and Florida stands ready to protect its citizens.&#8221;\n      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Governor DeSantis reports that state officers stopped a boat containing 25 Haitians along with firearms and drugs, amidst rising gang violence in Haiti<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2807,"featured_media":2199988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/florida-governor-ron-desantis-holds-news-conference-florida.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2199987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/florida-governor-ron-desantis-holds-news-conference-florida.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2199987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2199987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2199988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2199987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2199987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2199987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}