Boat capsize

A man who authorities say captained a boat filled with dozens of migrants that crashed in coastal waters near Point Loma, killing three people, is scheduled to appear in federal court Thursday on charges related to the suspected human smuggling operation.

A man who allegedly captained a boat that crashed in coastal waters near Point Loma during an apparent human-smuggling operation, killing three people and injuring more than two dozen others, is set to face federal charges related to attempted smuggling and an assault on a Border Patrol agent.

An investigation was ongoing Monday into a suspected human smuggling operation after a 40-foot cabin cruiser capsized in rugged waters off the coast of San Diego, killing at least three people and injuring dozens, according to officials.

The Coast Guard search was called off Monday morning, but the cleanup of debris from that 40-foot boat was still being collected, reported NBC 7’s Allison Ash

At least three people have died and more than two dozen people were rescued from the water off the coast of Point Loma Sunday after a packed boat being used in a suspected human smuggling operation capsized and broke apart in powerful surf, according to authorities.

NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez shares updates on the investigation into the capsized boat in Point Loma. Four people died during what officials believe was a human smuggling operation, which more than two dozen others were hurt, but survived.

NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez shares the latest updates on the deadly boat crash off the coast of Point Loma that left 4 people dead Sunday. The boat is a suspect human smuggling vessel.

Witnesses describe search, rescue of vessel off Point Loma coast. NBC 7’s Omari Fleming has more.

The search for survivors from a capsized lift boat in the Gulf of Mexico has closed and attention now turns to comforting the loved ones of the five known dead and eight missing, a grim hunt for bodies and a painstaking investigation that could take up to two years.