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The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday suspended its response to a boat suspected of being used in a human smuggling operation that capsized and broke apart in powerful surf along the rocky San Diego coast, killing three people and injuring more than two dozen others.
The search lasted through the night led by the Coast Guard Cutter Haddock and its crew. Officials on Sunday originally said four people aboard the boat had died, but the Coast Guard on Monday changed the number to three, citing information from the San Diego County Medical Examiner s office, according to Reuters. A total of 29 survived, according to authorities
May 3, 2021
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(SAN DIEGO) Three people have died after a crowded “smuggling vessel” hit a reef and capsized off the coast of San Diego on Sunday, officials said.
The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that it has suspended its response after searching for survivors overnight.
Thirty-two people have been accounted for, the Coast Guard said. Twenty-nine people are alive, of which, five were taken to the hospital, with one of the five in critical condition, the Coast Guard said Monday.
The Coast Guard originally reported four deaths, but has since amended the number to three fatalities.
The crash took place shortly before 10 a.m. Sunday, when a call came in from a commercial vessel that reported there was another boat in trouble near Point Loma leading into San Diego Bay, according to Rick Romero of the San Diego Lifeguard Services. The vessel hit a reef and broke, said James Gartland, the lifeguard chief for the city of San Diego.
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San Diego boat wreck kills 3, shows risks of ocean smuggling
May. 04, 2021 at 6:00 am
ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press
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The Coast Guard on Monday ended its search for survivors of the San Diego boat wreck, which happened on a bright Sunday morning near tidepools of Cabrillo National Monument, a popular spot for tourists and hikers.
All but two people on the boat were Mexican citizens without legal status in the U.S. The others were a Guatemalan citizen without legal status in the U.S. and a U.S. citizen who was identified as the pilot, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday. Among the 28 in CBP custody were a 15-year-old boy traveling alone and 21 men and six women, ages 18 to 39.