After four people died when a boat capsized south of San Diego, federal prosecutors filed charges against the alleged captain.

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David Alfonso Barrera, a 37-year-old Mexican national, was arrested on Saturday and charged Monday with two counts related to smuggling immigrants for financial gain and smuggling resulting in death.

Another man, a 39-year-old Mexican national who was aboard the panga, was charged with re-entering the country days after he was removed on Nov. 3.

U.S. Border Patrol agents were notified late Friday of a panga boat crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. An hour later, agents spotted the capsized vessel with several people emerging from the waters off Imperial Beach.

Of the nine people believed to have been aboard the vessel, four died and five were res

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