A group of migrants was taken into custody after coming onshore early Thursday morning in Key West.
Cell phone video was taken of the group that was seen near the 3900 block of Roosevelt Boulevard around 2:30 a.m.
U.S. Border Patrol told NBC 6 they are investigating a suspected maritime smuggling event at this time, but did not release information on the number of migrants captured and what country they originally came from but Spanish was being spoken on cellphone video captured at the scene.
No information was released on the condition of the migrants at this time.
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It's the latest group of migrants to be taken into custody in recent days across South Florida.
Agents from the United States Border Patrol took 15 Cuban migrants into custody after they made landfall Saturday near Key West.
Sunday, five Cuban migrants were taken into custody after making landfall in the Marquesas Keys. A total of 21 Cuban migrants were taken into custody in two separate events on Monday.
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Haitian migrants are also reaching Florida's shores in large numbers as human smuggling operations ramp up, outpacing last year's migration waves.
Kidnappings in the country of more than 11 million people have increased by 180% and homicides by 17% in the past year, with more than 500 people alone killed between September and December, including 40 women and children as young as 5 years old, according to the report by United Nations Security Council.
Also, many Haitians who have lived overseas for many years in South American countries have been seeking entry via the southern land border into the United States, which sent an estimated 18,000 back to Haiti in recent months.
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