CBP Agent Killed in Helicopter Crash Near US–Mexico Border

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection patch on the arm of an agent in the Jacumba mountains in Imperial County, Calif., on Oct. 6, 2022. Allison Dinner/AFP via Getty Images

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pilot was killed in a helicopter crash on Monday near the U.S.–Mexico border in San Diego County, according to the CBP.

The Federal Aviation Administration told NTD in an emailed statement that a Eurocopter AS350-B3 helicopter crashed near Potrero, east of San Diego, just after 10 a.m. on Dec. 16, killing the pilot.