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27 in suspected smuggling attempt plunge into ocean off California

The Coast Guard is conducting the rescue off California after the group was pushed into the water; no suspect has been named, and the report is thin.

On air: Rosa Ticks and Chip Darnell on BBN Crime Watch
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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe Coast Guard launched a search and rescue off California after twenty-seven people, linked to a suspected human smuggling operation, ended up in the ocean.

  2. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterTwenty-seven people, one cold ocean, and a question hanging over the water: who allegedly put them there?

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe New York Post reports the group was pushed into the water, and the Coast Guard says it is conducting the rescue.

  4. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterPushed. Allegedly. I have studied every detail we have, and it is about one detail.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIt's early, Rosa. Who did it and how it happened aren't in the report yet.

  6. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterThen I'm investigating the water, the fog, and the fact that I skipped breakfast.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd the result?

  8. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterThe breakfast case is solved. I'm starving.

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