Boat Captain Pleads Guilty in 3 Smuggling Deaths Off San Diego Coast

Boat Captain Pleads Guilty in 3 Smuggling Deaths Off San Diego Coast
Debris along the shoreline off Cabrillo Monument in San Diego, on May 2, 2021. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images
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By Kristina Davis From The San Diego Union-Tribune

SAN DIEGO—The man at the helm of a smuggling boat that capsized off Point Loma, ending in the deaths of three migrants, pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court Wednesday to his role in the tragedy.