A wealthy property developer who is a member of a powerful Mexican family was arrested on manslaughter charges after his 11-year-old son died after he fell into San Francisco Bay during a family boating trip.
Javier A. Burillo, 57, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter with a vessel, willful harm or injury to a child and operating a boat while under the influence, according to the police chief of Tiburon, a bayside town in Marin County north of San Francisco. Two sons of Burillo, the 11-year-old and a 27-year-old, both fell off the boat near Angel Island, just north of Alcatraz, on Sunday evening, according to a statement from the Marin County Sheriff's Office. They were both struck by the boat as they tried to get back on.
Once they made it back on the boat, they were brought to the Corinthian Yacht Club, where the 11-year-old was pronounced dead, according to the sheriff's office. The 27-year-old was hospitalized,Investigators believe Burillo's sons were thrown from the boat when it hit a wave, Tiburon Police Chief Michael Cronin said during a news conference Monday."It's a tragedy.
Burillo, whose full name is Javier Burillo Azcarraga, is a property developer with high-end hotels and restaurants in Mexico and other projects throughout California and Texas, according to NBC Bay Area and the
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