04/03/2024
Border patrol agents in California shot and killed a bandit who was robbing other migrants as they crossed into the U.S. from Mexico.
Multiple U.S. Customs and Border Protection sources confirmed that a criminal migrant who crossed the border in the San Diego sector was shot and killed by a member of the Border Patrol’s elite Border Patrol Tactical unit, or BORTAC, early Sunday morning.
The incident happened in a remote area where the bandits had been seen crossing into the U.S., robbing migrants and returning to Mexico.
Border Patrol agents responded to "bandit activity" on Sunday morning, when they came across a small group of bandits who were robbing migrants as they were walking to an area where migrants surrender to agents so they can be processed.
One of the bandits was shot and killed while the others returned to Mexico. None of the Border Patrol agents were harmed during the encounter.