US EditionAt least 3 dead, multiple people missing after boat overturns near San Diego
- A panga fishing boat overturned shortly after sunrise on May 5, 2025, about 35 miles north of the U.S.–Mexico border near Torrey Pines State Beach, causing three deaths and four injuries.
- The boat was believed to carry migrants avoiding heavily guarded land borders, but officials remain unclear about its departure location or cause of capsizing.
- A multi-agency response launched included Coast Guard helicopters and boats, Border Patrol, local fire departments, and medical teams searching for seven missing people amid six-foot waves and 63-degree water.
- Authorities confirmed three men died, four injured were hospitalized at Scripps La Jolla Hospital, and the Coast Guard reduced missing count from nine to seven, while a nearby doctor reported seeing CPR on the beach.
- This incident highlights persistent dangers migrants face at sea and prompted federal investigation efforts to hold smugglers accountable, with HSI San Diego pledging to pursue all leads.
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Five Mexicans charged with human smuggling in San Diego after migrants die in capsized boat - Washington Examiner
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of California announced Tuesday it is charging five Mexican nationals in connection with a boat of migrants that recently capsized in San Diego. At least three migrants died and one missing person is “presumed dead” after the maritime smuggling incident occurred on Monday. Julio Cesar Zuniga-Luna and Jesus Juan Rodriguez-Leyva were charged with bringing in aliens resulting in death and bringi…
5 People Charged After Migrant Boat Capsized Off San Diego Coast, Killing 3
Federal officials filed charges Tuesday against five people in connection to a boat carrying migrants that capsized a day earlier off San Diego’s Pacific coast, killing three people, including a 14-year-old boy from India. The boy’s 10-year-old sister is still missing at sea and is presumed dead, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Diego said in a statement. Their parents were among four people who were injured and taken to the hospital, including…
5 Charged After Deadly Migrant Boat Incident in California - Overpasses For America
Five Mexican nationals have been arrested and charged after a boat carrying migrants capsized near San Diego and killed at least three people, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California announced on Tuesday. The dead included a 14-year-old boy from India, who was on the vessel with his parents and his sister, the authorities said. The father is in a coma, and the mother is also hospitalized, while his sister, 10,…
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