1 Dead After Large Group Try to Illegally Swim Into US: Border Patrol

The barrier of the U.S.-Mexico border, which ends in the Pacific Ocean in San Diego, is pictured on July 12, 2017. Benjamin Chasteen/The Epoch Times

One person is dead after a large group of people tried to illegally enter the United States by swimming and entering the beach at Border Field State Park in San Diego, California, border authorities said.

Border patrol agents were notified around 11:40 p.m. on Oct. 29 of a group of about 70 people trying to illegally swim across the international boundary, around the border barrier between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, according to a release from Customs and Border Protection (CBP).