Coast Guard officials say they intercepted a boat in the Channel Islands that was attempting to smuggle people into the United States.
A boater spotted the craft near San Clemente Island Wednesday afternoon and reported it to the Coast Guard. A helicopter tracked the boat, and a Coast Guard vessel intercepted the craft. Twenty-one people were on board.
The Coast Guard crew saw that one of the people on the boat was unconscious. They started CPR on the 56-year-old man, and flew him by helicopter to a hospital. They revived him, but he later died.
The others were taken into custody and turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol.
