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3 killed after overcrowded boat capsized off San Diego coast in apparent smuggling operation By Peter Martinez Suspected human-smuggling boat capsizes, killing 3 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. A total of 32 people were accounted for after a "severely overcrowded" boat overturned Sunday morning during a suspected human smuggling incident, officials said. "Yesterday, we were once again reminded how dangerous these ocean smuggling attempts can be and we will continue t...

Reply So far this fiscal year, the Border Patrol has documented 157 maritime smuggling events in the San Diego area, according to CBP officials. (Shutterstock) SAN DIEGO, CA —U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers halted a maritime human smuggling attempt west of Point Loma early Friday at the outset of a planned three-day multi-agency crackdown on the dangerous practice of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border by sea. Two of the 21 people aboard the small vessel intercepted roughly 11 miles off the coast of southern San Diego County are suspected of leading the attempt to sneak in...