The Ventura County Sheriff's Office is investigating a panga boat that washed ashore near Pacific Coast Highway May 22.

This fiscal year, the Border Patrol detected 277 maritime smuggling attempts involving jet skis, panga boats and other ...

At least three people are dead and seven others, including two children, are missing after a "panga"-style fishing vessel washed ashore near San Diego on May 5, authorities said. Crews responded to a ...

Two Chula Vista residents assisted in apprehending one of the suspects involved in a smuggling operation that left three dead ...

Passengers ordered to remain in California as material witnesses against alleged smugglers facing potential death penalty ...

Authorities suspended the search for seven missing people, including two children, after a panga-style boat overturned near ...

The Coast Guard has suspended its search for seven people believed missing after a panga boat overturned Torrey Pines State Beach.

The body of a 14-year-old boy was recovered, but his younger sister is still missing at sea after a tragic human-smuggling ...

One of those who died was a 14-year-old boy from India, according to prosecutors, who said his 10-year-old sister is believed to still be missing, perhaps lost at sea.

The boat was found around 6:30 a.m. Monday. Four survivors were found and seven people were thought to be missing.