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Two alleged people smugglers have been charged after a panga boat holding migrants capsized off Imperial Beach, San Diego, killing four passengers, federal prosecutors said Monday.

The incident happened during rough surf and an argument reportedly broke out between the captain and those on board.

According to a release from the Department of Justice, David Alfonso Barrera Nunes, a Mexican national believed to be the boat’s captain, was arrested Saturday and charged with connection to the deaths of the four passengers.

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A second man, Luis Enrique Barreto Goitia, also a Mexican national, was charged with “Bringing in Aliens Resulting in Death and Bringing in

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