Deadly US capsizing shows smuggling risk to migrants
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO – A tractor-trailer slams into an SUV at an intersection on a remote California desert highway, killing 13 of 25 people crammed inside the late model Ford Expedition. A man dangles a toddler over a border wall near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, allowing her to fall on her face before he disappears into Mexico.
A 40-foot cabin cruiser overloaded with 32 people capsizes just off the San Diego coast, killing three and critically injuring another.
The incidents, which occurred over the last two months, show how smugglers put migrants at extraordinary peril for profits, whether by car, on foot or at sea.
Four dead when suspected migrant-smuggling boat breaks apart off San Diego
Reuters | May 03, 2021 04:16 PM EDT
Debris lies in the water after a deadly boat incident, where a 40 cabin cruiser broke up along rocks at Point Loma, San Diego, California, U.S. (Photo : San Diego Fire-Rescue Department via REUTERS)
Four people were killed and more than two dozen injured on Sunday when a boat suspected of attempting to smuggle migrants into California broke apart off Cabrillo National Monument at San Diego s rugged Point Loma, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The initial call arrived just before 10 a.m. (1700 GMT) and prompted a large emergency response, including the U.S. Coast Guard and state and local agencies, as the magnitude of the incident became clear.
After boat overturns in San Diego, Arizonans rush to help They were barefoot. They were swimming in blue jeans. They were cut. They were cold. They were tired, Sarah Slavinsky said. Author: Michael Doudna Updated: 12:42 PM MST May 3, 2021
SAN DIEGO James and Sarah Slavinsky were on an anniversary trip when they needed to help with a rescue mission.
The two Chandler residents were in San Diego to celebrate their 25th anniversary.
They decided to go by Point Loma near Cabrillo National Monument. There they saw a boat struggling. The waves were just tearing that little boat apart, James said.
The boat would soon crash against a reef and start to split a part. First three people jumped in the water, followed by dozens more.