“The woman who called stated that the boat that overturned had 15 people on it, but that was just an estimate,” according to U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Richard Brahm.
Two boats, one overturned, sit on Blacks Beach, Sunday, March 12, 2023, in San Diego. Authorities say multiple people were killed when two suspected smuggling boats overturned off the coast San Diego, and crews were searching for other victims. SAN DIEGO, Calif. — At least eight people were killed when two migrant smuggling boats approached a San Diego beach amid heavy fog and one capsized in the surf, and crews searched Sunday for additional victims, authorities said.
Coast Guard and San Diego Fire-Rescue crews pulled the bodies of eight adults from the water, but thick fog hampered the search for additional victims. A Coast Guard cutter combed the area early Sunday and a helicopter crew joined the search after weather cleared at midmorning. Pangas, small open boats with outboard engines frequently used in smuggling operations, often come ashore along the wide stretch of sand that's also known as Torrey Pines City Beach and Torrey Pines State Beach, officials said.Surf was modest late Saturday, with swells around 3 feet , but Gartland said the area has hidden dangers.
A pandemic rule scheduled to end May 11 denies migrants a chance to seek asylum on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19 but enforcement has fallen disproportionately on Mexicans, Hondurans, Guatemalans and El Salvadorans because those have been the only nationalities that Mexico agreed to take back.
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