US EditionMan Accused of Captaining Migrant Boat that Capsized, Killing 4, Is Charged
The capsizing occurred during a strong storm, with four dead and four hospitalized; authorities noted increasing sea attempts to avoid land border controls.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal officials on Monday formally charged a man believed to be the captain of a migrant boat that capsized near San Diego, killing four passengers. The man, a Mexican national, faces two counts of illegally smuggling people into the country. U.S. Border Patrol agents received a report around 11:30 p.m. Friday about a small boat crossing the maritime border from Mexico. The Border Patrol found the wooden boat adrift in the sur…
A boat suspected of migrant smuggling capsized off Imperial Beach, killing four people and leaving four others hospitalized, authorities said Saturday. The U.S. Border Patrol found the overturned panga in the water Friday night off South Seacoast Drive, according to a U.S. Coast Guard statement. Authorities found six people on the beach; one died at the scene and another was rescued from under the overturned vessel. Shortly before 2:00 a.m. Satu…
A wooden skiff believed to be transporting migrants to the U.S. poured into stormy waters near San Diego, leaving at least four people dead and four hospitalized, the Coast Guard said on Saturday. U.S. Border Patrol found the boat at the breaker in front of Imperial Beach on Friday night. Six people were found on the beach just before midnight, one of whom was declared dead and another who was rescued after being found under the boat About two h…
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