SAN DIEGO — A suspected smuggling boat capsized in the ocean off Black’s Beach in the Torrey Pines area late Saturday, dumping eight to 10 people into the water, eight of whom died, officials said.
A second panga carrying eight people made it to shore successfully, officials said.
Officials learned of the incident when a woman on the boat that arrived safely called 911 around 11:30 p.m. to say the second boat had capsized and people were in the water. According to San Diego police, the woman told the dispatcher she had traveled into the U.S. from Mexico in the boat.
