Three dead, 27 injured as suspected smuggling boat capsizes

Three dead, 27 injured as suspected smuggling boat capsizes
Tim Stelloh and Andrew Blankstein
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Three people died and 27 were injured after a boat used in a suspected human smuggling operation capsized Sunday off the coast of San Diego, authorities said.
The vessel, a 40-foot cabin cruiser, “broke apart” on a reef near Point Loma, west of downtown San Diego, said Lt. Rick Romero of the San Diego Lifeguard Service.
The boat’s operator was in custody, officials said. No one on the vessel has been identified.
Jeff Stephenson, San Diego sector chief with Customs and Border Patrol, said it wasn’t clear where the boat had come from or what the nationalities of its passengers were.

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