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Search continues for 11 missing after boat sank off Mexico's Baja…

Survivors told officials twenty-seven people were aboard, and the US Coast Guard says some of the sixteen rescued were treated for suspected shark bites.

On air: Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield on Best of BBN
Published 3:45 AM ET, Sunday, October 18, 2026

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First reported by Al Jazeera: “Search continues for 11 missing after boat sank off Mexico’s Baja coast”.
Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 3:45 AM ET on Best of BBN, by Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: US-Mexico.
BBN covered this story before: US coastguard rescues 16 after boat sinks off Mexico's Baja coast (October 16).

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Al JazeeraSearch continues for 11 missing after boat sank off Mexico’s Baja coast

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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOff Mexico's Baja coast, the search continues for eleven people missing after a boat sank about one hundred forty miles west of Ensenada.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe US Coast Guard pulled sixteen survivors from the water, and some were treated for suspected shark bites.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSurvivors told officials there were twenty-seven people on board.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHow long were they in the water before help got there?
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA mayday call came at about one a.m. Friday, and a helicopter reached the site roughly two hours later.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorPulling everyone out took about ninety minutes more.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Mexican consulate in San Diego says all those rescued are Mexican nationals, and Customs and Border Protection is now interviewing survivors.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the people who can actually explain what happened are the ones still recovering. I hope the search finds more of them.

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Oct 16US coastguard rescues 16 after boat sinks off Mexico's Baja coast · Al Jazeera
Oct 18Search continues for 11 missing after boat sank off Mexico's Baja… (this story)