A picturesque walk soon became traumatic for an American walker and his Canadian friend when they were shot and robbed by suspicious Mexican cartel terrorists.
The walkers roamed through the Jacumba-Wildernis in California, about 1,000 feet north of the border between the US and Mexico when they were approached by two armed people, according to a press release from the American customs and border protection.
The bandits began to shout against them in Spanish and the walkers answered that they did not understand them.
For fear of their lives, the walkers refused to follow the armed individuals and tried to get away.
It was then that the attackers fired a round shots and hit one of the walkers in the leg.
The attackers then benefited from the vulnerable hikers and robbed them from their backpacks and telephones.
Fortunately, the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call in which the Incident and Border Patrouille -Agents in the El Centro sector responded to help the walker.
About an hour after the 911 call was made, the mountain disruption, border patrol tactical unit and Border Patrol Search, and Rescue found the victim in the wilderness.
The walker was shot and walked up an injury on his leg. He is seen that he is being bundled in a helicopter
Border Patrol agents from several units responded to reports of a shot wound in a remote hiking trail
Authorities were able to stabilize the victim and flown to a nearby medical center in San Diego for treatment.
Border Patrol agents brought the Bandits back to Mexico, but no further information about their identity has been released.
“The wounded walker is a” I told you “that the importance of adequate infrastructure that has been defending the border patrouille for years,” said Gregory Bovino, chief of the sector, in a statement.
‘Probable cartel terrorists, however, have been established to hear that this type of behavior will be a final game type activity here in the first sector. All threats, everywhere or at any time in this sector will be tackled vigorously. ‘
Bovino also shared a video of the agents who responded to the scene on his X account. Multiple civil servants tied up with weapons and protective equipment can be seen who hold the victim and take him to a helicopter.
‘Cartels think they can bring their war here. Think again! Americans will not be intimidated, “he wrote.
“Our agents & Bortac will face these threats!”
The American border patrol El Centro sector has also placed the video on their Facebook account again with a message to cartel terrorists.
‘Let this serve as a warning: the El Centro sector will not endure unemployed. The safety of our citizens is not negotiable; Cartel terrorists have no place in our country that hunt the innocent. Enough is enough, “the message reads.
The walkers were found on a path in the Jacumba Wilderness
The victims walked past an area called Valley of the Moon.
According to research reporting of the Associated Press In 2024, illegal migration in California increased as a result of the border plan of the Governor of Texas Greg Abbott Greg Abbott.
Migration patterns have shown migrants from Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and China to Tijuana and crossing the border to San Diego.
In 2024, the New York Times Reported that at least seven migrant holding areas were founded on the border between California, including a waiting place in the open air in Valley of the Moon.
However, attacks on American walkers in this area are rare, with reporting of the Washington Post With reference to that migrants run a greater risk of attacks by groups of armed bandits.
Groups known as ‘RIP Crews’ have set up operations along border areas to rob migrants, who are less likely to report crime.
Border Patrol agents are still investigating the recent incident in San Diego and no arrests have been made. Dailymail.com put his hand out of the American CBP and the office of the Imperial County Sheriff for comment, but did not hear immediately back.
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