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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 ends search for survivors of capsized smuggling boat By (0) The U.S. Coast Guard said the smuggling boat capsized Sunday morning on rocks off the coast of Point, Loma, San Diego. Photo courtesy of San Diego Fire and Rescue/Twitter  The boat was transporting more than 30 people, most of whom were not legally allowed to enter the United States. Photo courtesy of San Diego Fire and Rescue/Twitter At least three people were pronounced dead as a result of the boat capsizing and many more were injured. Photo courtesy of San Diego Fire and Rescue/Twitter At least five people remained ...

UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends response to overturned boat near Point Loma SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard suspended its response Monday morning to an overturned boat near the Point Loma Tide Pools in the Cabrillo National Monument. The Coast Guard Cutter Haddock crew relieved the Blackfin and remained on scene through the night to continue searching for survivors from the capsized, 40-foot trawler-style boat while the Coast Guard and partner agencies worked to verify the number of people aboard. Thirty-two people have been accounted for. Twenty-nine people are alive, of which, five were taken to...

Three dead, dozens injured after suspected migrant smuggling boat capsizes near San Diego Teo Armus and Paulina Firozi, The Washington Post May 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5Wreckage 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.Denis Poroy/APShow MoreShow Less 2of5Supervisory Border Patrol agent Jeff Stephenson speaks at a news conference held after a boat capsized just off the San Diego coast, Sunday, May 2, 2021, in San Diego. Authorities say three peopl...

A suspected smuggling operation that resulted in at least three deaths off the San Diego coast Sunday came after the Border Patrol, Coast Guard and other agencies warned that an alarming increase in maritime smuggling could have deadly consequences. The agencies announced Friday that they were dedicating "extra resources" to coastal land, sea and air – helicopters and planes – patrols through Monday. Those resources were tapped Sunday when an overloaded cabin cruiser broke apart in rough seas, prompting a harrowing rescue operation near the Cabrillo National Monument. Rescuers found...