Immigration & Border Security

Suspected Cartel Members Attack Hikers on US Side of Border

A U.S. citizen and a Canadian citizen were robbed by two armed men in a southern California wilderness area. One of the hikers was shot in the leg.
Suspected Cartel Members Attack Hikers on US Side of Border
The U.S. border wall in Jacumba, Calif., on Feb 22, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Kimberly Hayek
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Hikers were attacked and robbed this week on U.S. territory just north of the border by suspected cartel members from Mexico, who shot one of the hikers in the leg, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a Jan. 23 statement.

The victims, a U.S. citizen and a Canadian citizen were attacked by two armed men in the Jacumba Wilderness, located in the desert of southern California.

Kimberly Hayek
Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.