By Monica Rhor and Mac Daniel, Globe Staff, 8/26/2003

Ten of 11 stowaways from the Dominican Republic were plucked from the Mystic River yesterday afternoon after a few minutes of freedom they won by jumping overboard from a cargo ship docked in Everett.

Authorities were still searching for the 11th late yesterday in and around the gritty Island End Industrial Park, located within a quarter mile of one of the East Coast's most volatile natural gas facilities.

The men were taken into custody by federal immigration authorities. Typically, people caught trying to enter the country illegally, such as the stowaways, are immediately deported to their home country.