One dead as migrants swim across US border

Updated November 1 2021 - 1:37am, first published 1:35am
Officials say they were notified 70 people tried to swim to the US via Border Field State Park.
Officials say they were notified 70 people tried to swim to the US via Border Field State Park.

One person has died and another 13 people have been pulled from the Pacific Ocean after a large group attempted to cross the US-Mexico border by swimming around a barrier in San Diego, government officials say.

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