By Ali Bradley
12/6/2024
EXCLUSIVE Top Mexican cartel leaders are ordering that members retaliate against agents in the San Diego sector by shooting at them—The order comes in response to a Border Patrol agent hitting a suspected cartel member with their patrol vehicle during what CBP describes as a “smuggling event.”
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The individual got up and ran back to Mexico.The internal memo obtained via sources suggests the shooting could happen any day now and remind agents to remain vigilant.
Sources within border patrol leadership tell me that anytime the cartel threatens to shoot an agent it should be taken seriously and the san diego Sector should be on high alert.
The incident involving the agent is currently under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility. Activists are calling for the agent to be fired.
In October, we reported that the Sinaloa cartel was given permission to fire at agents in the U.S. —Law enforcement say the escalation in violence is concerning but also expected because it’s going to continue getting harder for the cartel to operate the way it has been.
