Posted on 08/28/2023 1:50:54 PM PDT by thegagline
Migrant smugglers are growing increasingly desperate and violent — heavily arming themselves, donning body armor and even firing at US border agents — to get their illegal customers from Mexico to California.
The recent uptick in drastic tactics by coyotes, or people-smugglers for hire, includes an Aug. 18 incident in which a Border Patrol agent tried to stop a group of migrants crossing into California through the Otay Mountain Wilderness, US authorities said.
A suspected smuggler fired multiple shots at the agent, US Customs and Border Protection said in a statement, claiming the criminals’ desperation is being driven by the agency’s efforts to crack down.
When fellow agents responded to the shots, they could see the muzzle flashes coming from the migrant group, with a second volley of gunfire aimed at the officers, authorities said. The agents quickly took cover as the migrant group ran back into Mexico. No agents were reported injured as a result of the incident.
“Smuggling organizations are becoming desperate and escalating their level of violence because of the work being performed by U.S. Border Patrol agents,” said San Diego Sector Chief Patrol Agent Patricia McGurk-Daniel in a statement.
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Just days after the shooting incident, on Aug. 22, a US National Guard officer spotted an armed individual climbing over the border fence in the Otay Mountain Wilderness.
Then a day later, two more armed suspects were seen in the area. But a sweep by border agents came up empty.
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Earlier this month, a trio of men were spotted crossing the border into Texas wielding rifles and outfitted with body armor.
In a similar incident in June, five suspected members of the Cartel Del Noreste were arrested in the same area after illegally crossing the border armed with rifles and tactical gear.
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Desperate? Sounds more like hubris. They think nothing will be done to stop them.
They wouldn’t do that with the Paki Afghan border, CBP is just screwed.
.50 head shots. BOOM! Of course you would have to fire through open border assclowns. THROUGH.
sounds like an invasion....
DC will nothing to stop them. The cartels are supplying millions of new voters for the uniparty and millions in bribes to the swamp critters.
Send Biden down there with the length of chain he beat Corn Pop with. He will solve the problem with a half dozen swings of the chain.
bttt
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