Imperial County

A man who coordinated a human smuggling operation that led to an Imperial County crash that killed 13 people and injured several others was sentenced in San Diego federal court to 15 years in prison.

As a direct result of the recent U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft crashes, Navy officials directed all non-deployed Navy aviation units Saturday to hold a safety pause on June 13 to look over risk-management practices and train personnel on threat and error-management processes.

Authorities have released the identities of all five Marines who died in Wednesday’s MV-22B Osprey crash in Imperial County, about 150 miles east of San Diego, according to the U.S. Marine Corps.

Five Marines were killed Wednesday when a Camp Pendleton-based Osprey crashed in Glamis, California, in Imperial County, the U.S. Marine Corps confirmed Thursday.

A military aircraft based out of MCAS Camp Pendleton crashed in rural Imperial County east of San Diego with five Marines onboard, Wednesday afternoon, according to authorities.