Law-enforcement officers detain about two dozen migrants, mostly Chinese, on Tuesday morning, Jan. 28, 2025, at 11600 Old Cutler Road in Coral Gables. Another group was also detained at the intersection of Old Cutler Road and Kendall Drive in the Gables. Pedro Portal [email protected]

Several people were taken into custody after a migrant smuggling event on Tuesday was stopped in Coral Gables, NBC6 sources said.

The same morning that 26 people from China landed in Coral Gables in what authorities say was a migrant smuggling operation, Customs and Coast Guard crews stopped a boat off the Upper Florida Keys carrying migrants from Ecuador and also China, officials say.