U.S. Border Patrol El Centro Sector officials confirmed that a hiker was shot and robbed by “suspected cartel members' while exploring an area of San Diego County near the U.S.-Mexico border with a group.
A hiker was brutally attacked by 'suspected cartel members' while exploring a wilderness area near the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego County, according to the U.S. Border Patrol El Centro Sector. Officials reported the incident happened around noon on Wednesday near the border of San Diego and Imperial counties when a group of US citizens who were hiking in the Jacumba Wilderness in California was brutally attacked and pelted with gunfire by suspected cartel members.
These cartels think they can bring their war to American soil. Let this serve as a WARNING: The El Centro Sector will not stand idly by,' the agency wrote on a post on social media. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP 'The safety of our citizens is NOT negotiable; cartel terrorists have no place in our country preying on the innocent. Enough is enough.' Border Patrol officials are working to determine which cartel the gunmen belong to.
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