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Boat Captains Plead Guilty in Panga Capsize that Killed 4 Migrants Near San Diego

Summary by FOX 5 San Diego
Two boat captains pleaded guilty in federal court after four migrants, including two minors, died off the coast of San Diego in an attempted smuggling case last year.

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Two Mexican citizens, who are accused by federal prosecutors of being the captains of a human trafficking boat that wrecked off the coast of southern California last year, causing the drowning death of four migrants, including two children, pleaded guilty on Tuesday on serious charges. According to authorities, the defendants, Julio César Zúñiga Luna, 31, and Jesús Iván Rodríguez Leyva, 37, were piloting the boat when it flew on May 5, 2025 near…

SAN DIEGO — Two men pleaded guilty on Tuesday to the federal charges they were charged with handling a ganga that flew during an attempt to traffic people off the coast of Del Mar, resulting in the death of four people, including two children. The accident, in which many people died, involved a boat with 19 people on board that sailed from Mexico on May 4, 2025 and overturned the next day. Emergency teams that came to the scene found the bodies …

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NBC San Diego broke the news in San Diego, United States on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
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