POINT LOMA, CA – The identity of the man who piloted the boat smuggling immigrants which crashed off the coast of Point Loma has been released by the authorities, reports KDKA Newsradio.
Antonio Hurtado, a U.S. citizen, was arrested on suspicion of bringing in or harboring undocumented immigrants and assaulting an officer, according to the affidavit.
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Hurtado kneed a U.S. agent in the face as the agent was attempting to arrest him, leaving a red mark on the agent’s forehead.
The identities of those who died in the accident have also been released. They included Maricela Hernandez Sanchez, , Maria Eugenia Chavez Segovia, , and Victor Perez Degollado.
The San Diego County medical examiner believes these indivuals drowned after receiving blunt-force trauma to their heads.
Maria Eugenia Chavez Segovia, 41; Maricela Hernandez Sanchez, 35; and Victor Perez Degollado, 29, drowned after suffering blunt-force injuries to their heads, according the San Diego County medical examiner’s office.
Navy rescue swimmer Cale Foy did his best to save them. He was hiking with his wife and three kids when he noticed the vessel approaching the rocky, wind-swept San Diego coastline as 5- to 8-foot (1.5- to 2-meter) waves were crashing.
A total of 33 people were rescued after the ship crashed. The immigrants told authorities that they paid between $15 and $18,000 to be smuggled into the U.S.
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