bacquito - 3-28-2013 at 09:31 PM
At least nobody died!
http://ensenada.net/noticias/nota.php?id=28733
paranewbi - 3-29-2013 at 04:43 AM
Googled it:
Seven days adrift, without food or water, were about to claim the lives of 19 people who were left on board a small boat off the coast of Baja
California themselves, who were rescued by the Navy of Mexico.
According to the official report of the Second Naval Region, based at the Port of Ensenada, Baja California, its staff, on Sunday gave support to the
rescue and relocation of 19 people who were adrift in a small boat.
According to this information Ensenada harbor master, gave the warning to the Navy Department, following an announcement of a fishing vessel, which
reported a small boat with 19 people adrift 85 nautical miles (150 kilometers) south of Ensenada, Baja California.
With this information sailed from the naval base and an interceptor patrol ocean patrol, to search and rescue of the castaways.
The boat was found adrift by a Patrol Interceptor with 19 people on board, all Mexican nationals, which were loaded on board and transported to the
Port of Ensenada, where he underwent a medical assessment, meeting the rescued in good health.
The crew of the boat reported having at least seven days adrift at sea and of these, five days were without food and without water four.
Although not confirmed, it appears that the 19 crew members of the vessel were 17 men and two women who tried to cross illegally into the United
States and for unknown reasons, instead of traveling to the north, a mechanical failure in the engine made derive south.
Despite the lack of food and water, the 19 were able to leave the naval installations on their own feet, but an investigation was initiated on this
new event.
Just on 26 February 1 buquetanque sailing in international waters off the coast of Baja Calofifornia, rescued 20 shipwrecked remained adrift.
In this case as well as above it was a small boat, without tuition or official record, which so far unknown place of departure
mtgoat666 - 3-29-2013 at 05:15 AM
Did the coyote give them a refund? Or perhaps a voucher for next cruise for free?
Skipjack Joe - 3-29-2013 at 07:34 AM
The rumor is that they had a bengal tiger on board.
Leo - 3-29-2013 at 07:54 AM
And that's why they ended up in Mexico, tham tiger.
vandenberg - 3-29-2013 at 08:11 AM
A Carnival small boat trial cruise.
Ateo - 3-29-2013 at 08:26 AM
I'm sure these 19 people would love to hear we're making fun of them! 
OK, I know......I shouldn't be so serious. =)
BornFisher - 3-29-2013 at 08:27 AM
Very happy these folks got rescued!! I would have been loony tunes after 7 days!
Especially if Richard Parker was aboard!!
BajaBlanca - 3-29-2013 at 08:45 AM
what an ordeal ... they are so lucky to have survived and to have been rescued.
I prefered the book to the movie - how about you all ?
Loretana - 3-29-2013 at 09:47 AM
You would think if the human smugglers had the money to buy and equip that "super panga" they would have thrown some oars on board.
Que pendejos!
sancho - 3-29-2013 at 11:51 AM
I remember reading the Border Patrol estiamtes 150
pangas come no. from Baja a yr. with illegal crossers, landing from Imperial Beach to Santa Barbara
Leo - 3-29-2013 at 11:58 AM
Hi BB,
Same here. Movie was beautiful but I still liked the book version better.
Considder that Parker is all animation, that is amazing about the movie I think, but the book leaves more to your own imagination, if you have some.
Happy EASTER
Jack Swords - 3-29-2013 at 12:19 PM
Actually the pangas come farther north than Santa Barbara. Seems every other week another empty panga is found on the beach up by Cambria. It's
quite isolated and easy access to the highway for those they are meeting. Some are small pangas, some are the super pangas. One had 4 outboards on
its stern. All have water and empty gas containers on board, little else. About two weeks ago one was discovered on a beach at Vandenberg Air Force
Base. Motors were removed, and nearby was a pile of marijuana bales, nicely stacked, and covered with kelp and ice plant. Quite a poor place to land
given the security on the base and that their land-based help would have no access to the base. It is a feat to travel this far in an open boat as we
have had some ugly seas up here recently. I suspect that landing on the base was an error in judgement. Authorities think the pangas are delivering
drugs and people (who would quickly be assimilated into our large farm labor pool).