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Print The sinking of a trawler-like boat loaded with people in search of a better life in the United States was the latest evidence that tougher border security is driving smugglers into the ocean. Smugglers increasingly employ boats like the one that broke up on a Point Loma reef Sunday to get people and drugs into the United States undetected, according to border officials. The accident sent 32 people into the cold, rough waters, killing four. Arrests at sea in the San Diego sector nearly doubled in 2020 from the year before, to 1,273 from 662, according to data provided by Shane Crottie, a...

3 killed after overcrowded boat capsized in San Diego Peter Martinez © CBS affiliate KFMB-TV san-diego-boat-capsize-01.jpg The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday suspended its response to an overturned vessel that broke apart in choppy waters off the coast of San Diego. The "severely overcrowded" boat capsized Sunday morning during a suspected human smuggling incident, officials said. A total of 32 people, ranging in age from 15 to 39, were involved in the accident. At least three people died. "Yesterday, we were once again reminded how dangerous these ocean smuggling attempts can ...

© Getty Images The Coast Guard on Monday called off its search for additional survivors after a boat overturned Sunday off the coast of San Diego, leaving three people dead and several hospitalized.  The Coast Guard said in a Monday statement that officials suspended the rescue near the Cabrillo National Monument off the California city. Officials from several agencies accounted for 32 people. Three people were declared dead and 29 people are alive, including five hospitalized in critical condition. ADVERTISEMENT The cause of the boat overturning remains under investigation, according to ...

(Photo: Brandyn Hill / U.S. Coast Guard) 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...

The Medical Examiner said the cause of death for all three people was drowning. Author: CBS News 8 Team Published: 10:51 AM PDT May 4, 2021 Updated: 11:49 AM PDT May 4, 2021 SAN DIEGO — The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the names of the three people who died aboard the suspected smuggling boat. The Medical Examiner said 41-year-old Maria Eugenia Chavez-Segovia, 29-year-old Victor Perez Degollado and 35-year-old Maricela Hernandez Sanchez all died from drowning. According to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, 29 others ...