Boat turns in California and leaves 3 dead and 7 missing

“Three people were located and it was proved that they had died,” he said.

According to interviews with the incident survivors, nine people who were aboard the vessel are missing, two of which are children, said Schnabel.

Two people were “seized” hours later, the department informed AFP.

The spokesman, who did not give information about the destination of the vessel, said “it is suspected that some people are of Indian nationality.”

Schnabel added that the vessel was panga type, a tall bow wood fishing boat that is used to transport to the United States migrant from Mexico.

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