A second man on the panga boat, Manuel Beltran Higuera, of Mexico, was convicted of lesser charges. Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III was knocked into the water by the Dec. 2, 2012, collision.

The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a 25-foot panga-style boat carrying 16 migrants about 15 miles off the coast of Mission Bay early Sunday ... Officials say all 16 people on board are from Mexico.

A panga boat believed to be carrying migrants washed ashore the beach in San Diego County Monday morning. At least three people are dead and nine others missing, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

The panga-style boat capsized on May 5. ... The boat washed ashore near Torrey Pines State Beach, about 30 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said.

Authorities recovered 204 bales of marijuana totaling 3,570 pounds from a panga boat found Monday abandoned on the beach north of Piedras Blancas Lighthouse and San Simeon, a federal official said.

A 25-foot panga carrying 15 people collided with a U.S. Coast Guard boat Thursday off the coast of Point Loma, federal officials said. The crash was reported about 25 miles off the coast of Point ...

Authorities suspended the search for seven missing people, including two children, after a panga-style boat overturned near San Diego on May 5 and three people were found dead. The U.S. Coast ...