At least three people are dead and nine other people remain unaccounted for, including two children, U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson Hunter Schnabel told USA TODAY. Crews responded to a report of an overturned vessel on the shores of Torrey Pines State Beach off the coast of Del Mar shortly after 6:30 a.m. local time, officials told KABC-TV.

Five charged in human smuggling plot after panga capsized off Del Mar, leaving three dead, including a 14-year-old boy. The boy's 10-year-old sister is missing.

The bipartisan anti-immigrant policies that have escalated for decades have pushed immigrants to take increasingly dangerous routes over deadly waters and through the deserts of the southwest.