Coast Guard intercepts a boat with nearly 100 Haitians on board

The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday returned to Haiti almost 100 people who were stopped offshore of the island country in an overloaded migrant boat last week, the agency said.

The 99 people were intercepted Thursday about 35 miles north of Cap-Haitien, packed into a 35-foot boat that was heading north toward the Turks and Caicos, the Coast Guard said in a statement.

They were returned to their home country Tuesday aboard the Cutter Seneca, the agency said.