US OFFICIALS have filed charges against five people in connection with a boat capsize earlier this week off San Diego’s Pacific coast, killing three migrants.

The small open-air fishing boat, known as a panga, capsized earlier this week in rough waters along the Pacific coast. 

Among the dead was a 14-year-old boy from India. His 10-year-old sister is presumed dead after disappearing in the water, the US Attorney’s Office in San Diego confirmed.