LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Sheriff's officials say a fishing boat found abandoned off the Orange County coast may have been used for human traffic from Mexico.
Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino says the 30-foot boat was found floating about a mile off Aliso Beach Wednesday morning and towed to Dana Point Harbor. Clothes, jugs of water, bread and a some fishing rods were found inside the boat.
Amormino says authorities believe the boat was stolen from Ensenada, Mexico.
Officials believe the passengers might have run the boat aground on Aliso Beach and then pushed it back into the water.
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