Woman Dies Trying to Swim Around California-Mexican Border Barrier

In this 2019 photo, barriers between the United States and Mexico where the border between the two countries meets the Pacific Ocean can be seen at Border Field State Park in San Diego, California. Scott Olson/Getty Images

A woman has died in an attempt to illegally enter the United States by swimming around the end of the barrier along the California-Mexican border, federal officials said.

Border patrol agents were notified just after 11:30 p.m. Friday that a group of possibly 70 people was trying to swim from Tijuana, Mexico into the United States at Border Field State Park in San Diego County, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.