Del Mar 海上偷运船倾覆致4人死亡 两名墨西哥籍驾驶者各被判70个月监禁
San Diego—美国司法部加州南区联邦检察官办公室11月9日公布，墨西哥籍男子 Jesus Ivan Rodriguez Leyva 与 Julio Cesar Zuniga Luna 因驾驶一艘偷运船在加州圣迭戈县 Del Mar 近海倾覆、造成4人死亡，当日各被联邦法院判处70个月监禁。遇难者包括两名墨西哥籍成年人与两名来自印度的未成年人，年龄分别为14岁与10岁。
据司法部公布，两人2026年4月14日已经认罪，罪名包括两项试图偷运外国人入境致人死亡与两项以牟利为目的试图偷运外国人入境。认罪协议显示，2025年5月5日，两人从墨西哥 Popotla 驾驶这艘 panga 小船载着19名偷渡者驶往美国，其中包括3名未成年人；船上没有航行灯、没有无线电，载客人数超过船只安全容量，乘客只拿到垃圾袋遮盖衣物，没有为航程做适当装备。途中发动机出过故障，两人曾返回出发地快速维修后再次出海。
船接近 Del Mar 海滩时，两人让乘客脱下救生衣以便下船奔向接应车辆。船在距美国海岸约200码处发动机再次熄火，在浪中倾覆。现场目击者拍下过程并报警，国土安全调查局（HSI）圣迭戈海上工作组、美国海岸警卫队、当地救生员与边境巡逻队随即展开联合搜救：4名偷渡者被找到并送医，3人当场死亡，其中包括一名未成年人。2025年5月21日，Torrey Pines 州立海滩岸边发现人体遗骸，经 DNA 检测确认属于船上那名10岁儿童，死亡人数升至4人。
联邦地区法官 Benjamin J. Cheeks 在量刑时对其中一名被告说，此案对所有人都是悲剧，因两人的行为，4个人已不在人世。联邦检察官 Adam Gordon 表示，判决反映了把贪婪置于人命之上的严重后果。此案另有3名负责在美国境内接应运送的司机已在关联案件中认罪并被判刑，案号25-cr-02056-BJC；本案案号25cr2057-BJC，由助理检察官 Jill Streja、Sean Van Demark 与特别助理检察官 Danielle Hickman 起诉，国土安全调查局海上工作组、边境巡逻队、海关与边境保护局空中与海上行动处、海岸警卫队等机构参与调查。
（来源：美国司法部）
Two Panga Pilots Sentenced to 70 Months Each in Del Mar Maritime Smuggling Event That Killed Four
SAN DIEGO — Jesus Ivan Rodriguez Leyva and Julio Cesar Zuniga Luna, both Mexican nationals, were sentenced in federal court on November 9 to 70 months in prison each for piloting a panga that overturned near Del Mar, in San Diego County, California, in May 2025, killing four people, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California announced. The dead were two Mexican national adults and two minors from India, ages 14 and 10.
According to the Justice Department, the two pleaded guilty on April 14, 2026, to two counts of attempted bringing in aliens resulting in death and two counts of attempted bringing in aliens for financial gain. Their plea agreements state that on May 5, 2025, they piloted the vessel from Popotla, Mexico, into the United States with 19 aliens aboard, including three minors; the panga had no running lights or radio, was overloaded beyond what it could safely hold, and the passengers were given only trash bags to cover their clothes. After the motor failed once, they returned to the launch site for a quick repair and set out again.
As the panga approached the beach in Del Mar, the two told the passengers to remove their life jackets so they could run to waiting vehicles. About 200 yards from shore the motor failed again and the vessel capsized in the surf. Onlookers filmed the event and notified law enforcement, and Homeland Security Investigations' San Diego Marine Task Force, the U.S. Coast Guard, local lifeguards and the U.S. Border Patrol mounted a joint search and rescue: four people were found and taken for medical care, and three were found deceased on the scene, including one minor. On May 21, 2025, a human foot found on the shoreline near Torrey Pines State Beach was identified by DNA as belonging to the 10-year-old aboard, bringing the death toll to four.
U.S. District Judge Benjamin J. Cheeks told one defendant at the hearing that the case was a tragedy all around and that four people were no longer here as a result of their actions. U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon said the sentences reflect the serious consequences of placing greed above human life. Three load drivers in a related case, No. 25-cr-02056-BJC, have already pleaded guilty and been sentenced; this case, No. 25cr2057-BJC, was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jill Streja, Sean Van Demark and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Danielle Hickman, and investigated by the HSI Marine Task Force, the Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations, and the Coast Guard, among others.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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