Boat capsize

Three people had to be rescued and one person died after a suspected panga boat capsized near the Ocean Beach Pier Sunday morning, San Diego Lifeguard Lt. Rick Stell told NBC 7.

Two men pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges stemming from a human smuggling attempt in a boat that stalled off the coast of La Jolla, leading to the drowning death of one of the vessel’s occupants.

A party boat in Texas capsized during a strong thunderstorm, leaving one person dead, according to officials.

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for 10 Cuban migrants who went missing in the water approximately 16 miles south of Key West last week.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.