A suspected migrant smuggling boat capsized off Imperial Beach, killing four people and leaving four others hospitalized, officials said Saturday.

The U.S. Border Patrol found the panga capsized in the water late Friday night off South Seacoast Drive, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement.

Authorities found six people on the beach, one person who died at the scene, and another person who was rescued underneath the capsized vessel.

Just before 2 a.m. Saturday, three other people were found dead near the Imperial Beach Pier, officials said.

Four people who were rescued were taken to the hospital. Border Patrol agents took one person into custody, the Coast Guard said.

Some of the people rescued said they were Mexican nationals; others remain unidentified, officials said.

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