5 people charged after migrant boat capsizes off San Diego; 14-year-old from India among 3 dead

SAN DIEGO : Federal officials filed charges on Tuesday against five people in connection to a boat carrying migrants that capsized a day earlier off San Diego’s Pacific coast, killing three people, including a 14-year-old boy from India.The boy’s missing 10-year old sister is presumed dead, the US attorney’s office in San Diego said. Their parents were among four people who were injured and taken to the hospital, including the father, who is in a coma. The other two killed were from Mexico, including an 18-year old boy and another man, according to the Mexican consulate. The 18-year-old’s girlfriend, who is 16, remains hospitalised after water filled her lungs. The consulate is working with the families in Mexico to repatriate the bodies. Search efforts stopped late Monday. Two Mexican citizens were arrested at the beach. They were charged with human smuggling resulting in death, a crime that carries a maximum penalty of death or life in prison.The agents also identified vehicles with drivers who were waiting to pick up the migrants. Authorities arrested the three drivers, all Mexican citizens, and charged them with unlawfully transporting migrants.