3 Dead, 27 Injured After Suspected Human ‘Smuggling’ Boat Capsizes Near San Diego: Officials

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At least three people died and 27 more were injured after a suspected smuggling boat capsized off Point Loma in San Diego on Sunday, authorities confirmed.

Crew members pulled 25 people from the water, said the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department on Twitter earlier on Sunday. Officials said that 23 were injured and two died.

Later, Jose Ysea, a spokesman with the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, told The Associated Press that 27 people were injured and three died.

Chief Patrol Agent Aaron M. Heitke said the capsized boat was part of a “suspected maritime smuggling event.”

Federal officials are still searching the water in vessels and aircraft for anyone else in the water, according to the fire department.

Border Patrol officials told KPBS that the boat, which overturned off Point Loma, is suspected of being part of a human smuggling operation. And a San Diego fire official also said the boat was suspected of being used by smugglers to bring people illegally into the United States, according to the Los Angeles Times.

“It is very rocky over there, and the waves, while they weren’t too high, they looked pretty strong,” Ysea told the Union-Tribune.

Several Coast Guard vessels were deployed and were searching for victims, Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Jeffery Stephenson told the paper.

San Diego City Councilmember Jen Campbell, who represents the district including Point Loma, wrote on Twitter that she was monitoring the situation.

“While we wait for an official update, my thoughts are with those impacted and the many emergency personnel responding to the scene,” she added.

BY JACK PHILLIPS

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