A boat carrying 21 suspected illegal immigrants was found more than 70 miles offshore of the Southern California coast Friday, the U.S. Coast Guard announced in a press release.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach received a report around noon from a member of the public that a boat smuggling illegal immigrants was traveling 14 miles west of San Clemente Island.
Coast Guard Station Los Angeles-Long Beach and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials stopped the boat and allegedly found 21 suspected illegal immigrants on board.
A 56-year-old man was found unresponsive on the boat. Coast guard crews gave the man CPR and he was airlifted to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he later died…