Mexican Fishermen Plead Guilty to Illegally Catching Nearly 700 Pounds of Fish
Four members of a Mexican fishing crew admitted to illegally transporting fish taken from the Gulf of Mexico, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office Southern District of Texas.
The men were arrested on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, after leaving Playa Bagdad in an open fishing vessel, and crossed into U.S. waters. At about 25 miles east of South Padre Island, they deployed four miles of longline containing 1,200 hooks, according to a news release.
The men — identified as Jose...
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