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Smuggling boat capsizes off California coast; 1 dead, 15 migrants in custody
San Diego authorities counted 15 people in total in the boat near Wipeout Beach
By Peter Aitken | Fox News
A migrant-smuggling boat capsized off the California coast near San Diego, with border authorities taking more than a dozen people into custody and reporting at least one death.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent spotted a vessel near Point Loma at around 5:30 a.m. Thursday morning. Agents observed several people in distress near the boat about 10 minutes later, a Border Patrol spokesperson told Fox News.
15 people are in custody and one is in critical condition after a migrant boat capsized near Wipeout Beach.
15 people are in custody and one is in critical condition after a migrant boat capsized near Wipeout Beach. (KGTV)
The boat coasted into an area known as Wipeout Beach.
Border Patrol agents requested assistance from San Diego lifeguards, who succeeded in retrieving people from the water near La Jolla Children’s Pool. Lifeguards rescued 10 people in rough conditions, finding that some of the people were wearing life vests.
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