SAN DIEGO — A Canadian man has been charged with attempting to smuggle two dozen people into the United States by boat off the San Diego coast.
According to a federal criminal complaint, a U.S. Coast Guard ship encountered a vessel captained by Alexander Collie McKenna roughly 15 nautical miles southwest of Point Loma. On board, agents found 23 migrants, not including McKeenna.
The U.S. Coast Guard guided the vessel to Ballast Point Naval Base, where Border Patrol agents were present to arrest those on board the ship…