Bonaire and Curacao: No Coast Guard Patrols by Sea
The Dutch Coast Guard in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands no longer patrols the territorial waters around Bonaire and Curacao, according to sources at the Curacao Chronicle, November 20, 2014.
Published 10 years ago, updated 6 years ago
Rescues at sea will be performed if needed and air and radar surveillance will continue but the boats will not sail, according to the president of the NAPB union, Ronaldo Abrahamsz.
The union indicated that this is the result of increasing violence against Coast Guard personnel.
According to a spokesman for the Coast Guard, personnel still perform rescue operations. The coast is still being monitored, but from the air, from the Hato support center at the Curacao Airport. Curacao is a popular island for drug transit.
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