1 Dead Off San Diego Coast in Apparent Smuggling Attempt

1 Dead Off San Diego Coast in Apparent Smuggling Attempt
A small boat used during a suspected human smuggling operation sits on La Jolla beach in San Diego, Calif., on Thursday, May 20, 2021. Gregory Bull/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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SAN DIEGO—One person was killed and eight were injured Thursday in an apparent migrant smuggling attempt off San Diego’s tony La Jolla coast, authorities said.

Lifeguards rescued 10 people in what the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department called “rough water conditions,” including eight who were hospitalized. Some of the migrants wore life vests.