US Coast Guard rescues 16 people and searches for more after mayday call off Mexico's Baja coast

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Sixteen people were rescued from the Pacific Ocean off Mexico's Baja California coast on Friday after the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a mayday call reporting their boat was sinking. Another 11 people were believed missing.The people rescued were Mexican nationals, according to the Mexican consulate. But the boat’s origin, destination and what it was doing were not clear.It went down in an area frequented by smugglers transporting migrants to the U.S. It's also popular with fishing and leisure boats.One survivor was being treated for a suspected shark bite and two were in critical condition, authorities said.A rescue helicopter reached the site about two hours after someone on the boat transmitted a mayday call at about 1 a.m. to say it was sinking, said Coast Guard Lt. Santiago Tamburini. It took about 90 minutes for the crew, which included a rescue swimmer, to pull the 16 people from the water, Tamburini said."People were holding onto each other, to debris, just tr