Captain of migrant-smuggling vessel that ran out of fuel in San Diego accepts plea deal with one guilty charge

Three of the 13 migrants on board told authorities after they were arrested in August that they did not have life vests and were 'in fear for their lives'

The alleged captain of an 18-foot boat that ran out of fuel off the coast of Fletcher Cove in Solana Beach while carrying 13 undocumented migrants in August has accepted a plea deal, court records show.

The Mexican national at the helm, Edgar Joaquin Meza-Inda, initially pled not guilty at a Sept. 7 arraignment. In a plea deal submitted to the court at t…