By Steve Gorman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday called off its search for more survivors from a boat that capsized off a rocky shoal near San Diego in what authorities said was an ill-fated migrant-smuggling operation that left three dead and five hospitalized.
The 40-foot trawler-style vessel with 32 people aboard overturned and broke apart on Sunday near the Point Loma Tide Pools, part of a federal marine national monument about 20 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said.
Officials on Sunday said four people aboard the boat had perished, but the Coast Guard on Monday revised the death toll downward to three, citing information from the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s office.
3 killed after boat capsizes off Point Loma identified
CBP says captain of suspected smuggling boat is US citizen
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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) Three Mexican nationals who died after the boat they were on capsized off Point Loma on Sunday were identified by the San Diego County Medical Examinerâs Office.
The Medical Examinerâs Office identified the deceased boat occupants as Maria Eugenia Chavez-Segovia, 41; Victor Perez Degollado, 29; and Maricela Hernandez Sanchez, 35.
According to the MEâs Office, Chavez-Segovia died upon arrival at UC San Diego Medical Center. Perez Degollado and Hernandez Sanchez were pronounced dead at the scene.
At Least 3 Dead, Dozens Hurt in Suspected Human Smuggling Boat Crash The boat, which did not look like pangas often used in human smuggling operations, likely blended in with other commercial boats as it made its way along San Diego s coast, officials said
Published May 3, 2021 •
Updated on May 5, 2021 at 1:46 pm
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An investigation was ongoing Monday into a suspected human smuggling operation after a 40-foot cabin cruiser capsized in rugged waters off the coast of San Diego, killing at least three people and injuring dozens, according to officials.
The U.S. Border Patrol said there is every indication to believe the boat was a smuggling vessel used to traffic migrants into the U.S. illegally but the investigation into where the boat came from and its path into U.S. waters was still ongoing.
Coast Guard: 3 dead after boat overturns off Point Loma coast
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Wreckage and debris from a capsized boat washes ashore at Cabrillo National Monument near where a boat capsized just off the San Diego coast Sunday, May 2, 2021, in San Diego.
Posted at 1:03 PM, May 03, 2021
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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) â Three people died after a boat overturned in the waters off Point Loma Sunday morning, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard reported rescue efforts were launched near the Point Loma Tide Pools in the Cabrillo National Monument at around 10:30 a.m. following reports that a 40-foot, trawler-style boat capsized. A total of 92 personnel were assigned to the scene, including eight engines and 10 medics, ABC 10News learned.
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Border Patrol agents responded, but Efren Medina Villegas was pronounced dead at the scene. (Shutterstock)
OTAY MESA, CA Authorities Monday publicly identified a 56-year-old man who died after apparently falling from a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border in Otay Mesa.
Efren Medina Villegas fell from a section of the border wall roughly three miles east of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner s Office.
Border Patrol agents responded, but Villegas was pronounced dead at the scene.
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