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CBS NEWS At least 3 killed and 27 others hospitalized when overcrowded boat overturns off San Diego coast in apparent smuggling operation Published: May 2, 2021 4:28 PM EDT Updated: May 2, 2021 7:44 PM EDT Recommended At least three people were killed and at least 27 others were hospitalized after a boat believed to be smuggling people overturned Sunday morning off the coast of San Diego, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department. Multiple agencies including local lifeguards, the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Border Protection responded to the “mass casualty” emergency, officials said. Jeff Stephenson, a spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said at a Sunday afternoon press conference there was “every indication from our perspective that this was a smuggling vessel,” and the suspected smuggler was in custody. Stephenson said the boat was likely trying to blend into commercial maritime traffic in the area. Officials would not reveal th

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