Survivors treated for shark bites after boat capsizes off Mexico

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 17:38 · Archive

A boat carrying 27 people capsized off Baja California, with 16 rescued and 11 missing.

A boat carrying 27 people capsized off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, on Friday night, roughly 140 miles west of Ensenada. The alarm was raised around 1am and the U.S. Coast Guard from San Diego was alerted to assist alongside the Mexican Navy.

Rescuers pulled 16 people from the water after survivors had been treading water and holding onto debris for approximately 90 minutes. The U.S. Coast Guard reported that several of those rescued suffered injuries consistent with shark bites and received life-saving first aid. All those rescued are Mexican nationals.

Eleven people remain missing. Search and rescue operations continued on Saturday using multiple helicopters, a fixed-wing aircraft, a cutter and a Navy combat ship. The capsized boat did not occur in U.S. waters, according to the Coast Guard. The area is popular with fishing and leisure boats but is also reportedly used by smugglers. Customs and Border Protection was investigating and interviewing survivors, who may be eligible for humanitarian parole if they were witnesses to a crime.

How it is being reported

• Survivors bitten by sharks and 11 missing after boat capsizes off Mexico coastPeople were pulled from shark-infested waters, but 11 remain missing (Picture: Getty Images) Dozens of people were left in shark-infested waters after a boat capsized off the Mexican coast. A boat carrying 27 people got into trouble in the middle of the ocean off the Baja California coast on…Metro · 19 Oct, 17:16
• Survivors attacked by sharks after boat capsizes off Baja California coastThe boat departing from Mexico capsized with 27 people on boardIndependent World · 19 Oct, 09:29

In this story: Baja California · Mexico · Ensenada · U.S. Coast Guard · Mexican Navy · San Diego

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