8 dead after suspected smuggling boats capsize off San Diego

Eight people were killed when two migrant smuggling boats approached a San Diego beach amid heavy fog and one capsized in the surf, authorities said Sunday.

Rescuers found the two boats overturned in shallow waters near the shore on Saturday. An estimated 23 people were on the two boats. No additional victims were found in the water and officials said some or all of the remaining passengers could have escaped via the beach about 15 miles north of downtown San Diego. Hundreds of maritime smuggling incidents occur every year and Saturday's accident was one of the deadliest involving migrants in the US.