Migrant boat capsizes off San Diego; children dead, father in coma
May 7, 2025·Location: San Diego, CA
Country of origin: Mexico
A small panga-style boat carrying migrants capsized off Torrey Pines State Beach near San Diego, killing four people including a 14-year-old boy and resulting in a 10-year-old girl missing at sea. The children's father is in a coma and their mother remains hospitalized. Five Mexican citizens have been charged with human smuggling resulting in death and other related crimes.
Sources
- Dad in coma, son dead and 10-year-old daughter missing after migrant boat capsizes; 5 charged
Los Angeles Times·May 7, 2025·archived copy
- 4 dead after wooden boat believed to be ferrying migrants into the US capsizes off San Diego
Associated Press·Nov 16, 2025·archived copy
- CBS News
- Five charged in deadly migrant smuggling attempt off Del Mar
sandiegouniontribune.com·May 6, 2025·archived copy
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