We have had HS boats stalk us while we were sailing. We sail near or across the Canadian line at the lakes center which is not illegal to cross unless anchoring or going ashore without checking in. They come up to the port stern and ask a series of questions
.how many on board, do we have more than $10,000 dollars on board, where are you going, where were you
.the list goes on. This is in US waters regardless if we have left US waters or not. If they decide to they can board you and tear the boat apart. Stops used to happen weekly and now more sporadically. At 2 AM over the radio one night we heard an unidentified law enforcement officer order the occupants of a sailboat to come on deck and lie face down. The boater replied that he had a dog on board and the le asked if the dog would bite. The boater said in this situation I have no idea. Two years ago we were in a HS facility for Global Entry paperwork and the officer got talking. He was saying how his boat was docked at a local port that is a party town. He explained to us how recently a woman had called them on the radio requesting help because her husband was being violent. This man was livid that she thought it was his job to keep her safe. This, the same guy who is supposed to weed out terrorists! Being female I found this gut wrenching. The fact that he told me this was insane. So yes if we go into the HS facility we text a friend that we are entering. We text when we are back in the car as they are not obligated to tell anyone that they have you in custody. These boat attacks in Venezuela are out of control and we take them seriously. He would do this in the US in a heartbeat and none of the cowards in charge would do a thing to stop them.