Eleven Feared Eaten by Sharks After Boat Capsizes at Sea
- A boat capsized 225 km west of Ensenada, Mexico, on Friday, with the Coast Guard rescuing 16 people from the water while 11 passengers remain missing.
- The incident occurred in an area frequented by smugglers and outside territorial waters, continuing a pattern of migrant vessel capsizes en route to California in recent years.
- Survivors told authorities there were 27 people on board; it took about 90 minutes for crews to pull 16 from the water, several suffering severe injuries consistent with shark bites.
- Customs and Border Protection officials are interviewing survivors as part of the investigation; those who witnessed a crime may be eligible for humanitarian parole.
- Crews spent nearly four days searching before ending the search on Sunday, reflecting a pattern of fatal migrant transport attempts from Mexico, including a 2023 incident near San Diego where eight people died.
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Eleven people are still missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Mexico, and fears about what may have happened to them are intensifying. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) suspended the search on Sunday, October 18, after rescue crews spent more than two days combing thousands of square miles of ocean searching for the missing. A total of 27 people were reportedly found in the water after the boat capsized, about 140 miles west of Ensenada, off …
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