Panga Boat Pilots Sentenced in Maritime Smuggling Event that Killed Four in Homeland Security Task Force Case
SAN DIEGO – Jesus Ivan Rodriguez Leyva and Julio Cesar Zuniga Luna, both Mexican nationals, were sentenced in federal court today to 70 months in prison for piloting a panga which overturned near Del Mar, California in May 2025, resulting in the deaths of two Mexican national adults and two minors, ages 14 and 10, from India. Rodriguez and Zuniga pleaded guilty on April 14, 2026, to two counts of attempted...
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SAN DIEGO – Jesus Ivan Rodriguez Leyva and Julio Cesar Zuniga Luna, both Mexican nationals, were sentenced in federal court today to 70 months in prison for piloting a panga which overturned near Del Mar, California in May 2025, resulting in the deaths of two Mexican national adults and two minors, ages 14 and 10, from India. Rodriguez and Zuniga pleaded guilty on April 14, 2026, to two counts of attempted...
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