8 dead after suspected smuggling boats capsize off San Diego coast

Black's Beach in San Diego.
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At least eight people died on Saturday night after two boats capsized off of Black's Beach in San Diego.

The passengers were on two suspected smuggling boats, officials said, with eight people on one and up to 15 people on the other. A woman speaking Spanish called 911 to report the incident, saying the boat she was on managed to make it to shore but the other had capsized. Once first responders arrived at the scene, they found that both boats had overturned, and there were no survivors, Lifeguard Chief James Gartland with the San Diego Fire Department said Sunday.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.