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1 dead after boat carrying 21 migrants intercepted near San Clemente Island

Headline from Foxla

U.S. Coast Guard crews and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations agents intercepted a vessel carrying 21 undocumented immigrants off San Clemente Island on Wednesday, leading to a medical evacuation that ended in the death of one man.

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  1. NBC Los Angeles

    Boat carrying 21 migrants intercepted near San Clemente Island (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    Federal authorities intercepted a smuggling vessel carrying 21 undocumented immigrants near San Clemente Island, and one of the passengers was found unresponsive and later died at a hospital, officials said Friday. The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S.

  2. KTLA Los Angeles

    1 dead after coast guard finds boat carrying 21 suspected illegal immigrants miles offshore of SoCal (opens KTLA Los Angeles)

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    A boat carrying 21 suspected illegal immigrants was found more than 70 miles offshore of the Southern California coast Friday, the U.S. Coast Guard announced in a press release. U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach received a report around noon from a member of the public that a boat smugg…

  3. KESQ Palm Springs

    Migrant smuggling vessel intercepted near San Clemente Island; One man dead (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    LOS ANGELES (KESQ) - Federal authorities intercepted a smuggling vessel carrying 21 undocumented immigrants near San Clemente Island, and one of the passengers was found unresponsive and later died at a hospital, officials said Friday. The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S.

  4. Los Angeles Times

    Man dies after boat carrying 21 migrants is intercepted near San Clemente Island (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Officials with the Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection stopped the vessel more than 70 miles off the Southern California coast, finding 21 people suspected of entering the country illegally.

  5. Foxla

    1 dead after boat carrying 21 migrants intercepted near San Clemente Island (opens Foxla)

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    Foxla's feed description

    U.S. Coast Guard crews and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations agents intercepted a vessel carrying 21 undocumented immigrants off San Clemente Island on Wednesday, leading to a medical evacuation that ended in the death of one man.

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