SAN DIEGO – A hiker was shot and robbed Wednesday by “suspected cartel members” while hiking with a group near the boundary of San Diego and Imperial counties near the U.S.-Mexico border, the Border Patrol’s El Centro Sector said on social media.
On the sector’s Facebook page, officials said: “A group of U.S. citizens hiking in the Jacumba Wilderness in California was brutally attacked and strafed with gunfire by suspected cartel members in El Centro Sector’s area of responsibility. One victim was shot twice and robbed. These cartels think they can bring their war to American soil.”
The sector reported that a second person, a Canadian citizen, was also a victim. “He was shot at (uninjured) and later robbed after bravely staying at his wounded friend’s side,” the post reads…