SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – Three recent shootings in San Diego County are being investigated as Mexican cartel-related violence on the U.S. side of the border, sources told Team 10.
Local law enforcement and federal agents have been and continue to be tight-lipped about any connection between a deadly shooting on Feb. 17 at a University City apartment complex, and two shootings in Chula Vista — one at a Chili’s restaurant on March 26, and another several hours later on March 27 at an apartment complex in the city’s Otay Ranch neighborhood.
While no one has commented on the record, two law enforcement sources told Team 10 that they are investigating the connection between Tijuana drug cartels and the local attacks.
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Cartel experts have told Team 10 that there is no reason for the public to panic, as the drug wars on the U.S. side of the border are rare and not widespread, as well as limited to people involved in the drug trade.