The smugglers, Mexican citizens, were detained after Coast Guardsman disabled their motor with gunfire and pepper sprayed them.

Coast Guard members opened fire off the coast of San Diego on a vessel smuggling people into the U.S. after two Mexican men on the boat attempted to evade a service patrol by ramming into them.

Coast Guard intercepts smuggling boat off San Diego coast, arresting two Mexican nationals after high-speed chase and pepper ball deployment.