IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. (KGTV) -- Several people were taken into Border Patrol custody early Monday morning after a panga boat washed ashore in Imperial Beach.
At around 3:30 a.m., Border Patrol agents and sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to an area near Seacoast Drive and Encanto Avenue after a panga boat was reportedly spotted on the beach.
ABC 10News learned agents took about 20 people -- believed to be undocumented migrants -- into custody.
Agents and deputies fanned out to search the area for more boat passengers, but there was no immediate word on additional arrests.
