Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs U.S. Border Patrol agents in California have been placed on high alert following warnings of a potential revenge shooting, NewsNation reports.On November 27, a Border Patrol agent struck a person with a car while driving along the U.S.-Mexico border, and footage of the incident began circulating on social media last week.According to an internal Border Patrol memo obtained by NewsNation, Mexican cartels may be planning to target agents in the San Diego Sector in retaliation for the collision.The December 5 memo warned that a potential retaliatory shooting could occur in the coming days, with high-ranking leaders of Mexican cartels and criminal syndicates reportedly instructing their members to target Border Patrol agents.
Border Patrol agents in the El Paso area in the desert of Sunland Park, New Mexico, as seen from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, through a gap in the border wall on October 23. Agents in California…
Border Patrol agents in the El Paso area in the desert of Sunland Park, New Mexico, as seen from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, through a gap in the border wall on October 23. Agents in California have been placed on high alert following warnings of a potential revenge shooting.
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Border Patrol believed the person struck in the November collision was a member of a cartel, NewsNation reported.Newsweek contacted Customs and Border Protection for comment via email outside normal office hours.”On December 4, 2024, San Diego Sector Intelligence Unit agents received information regarding a possible threat to Border Patrol agents assigned to the Imperial Beach and Chula Vista Border Patrol Stations,” the memo said.It continued: “Information received indicated top cartel leaders ordered the shooting towards agents in response and retaliation for an incident that occurred in Zone 4 of the CHU AOR, in which a video has been circulated via social media this week.”Information suggests a cartel member was involved in the incident. Therefore, cartel leaders are angered, claiming the incident occurred without cause or remorse.”The information received indicated the shooting could possibly occur over the next few days. All Agents, regardless of duty assignment, should remain vigilant.”The footage of the collision begins with a group of migrants using a ladder to climb over an initial barrier and head toward a second border fence to enter the U.S. from Tijuana.As sirens sound in the distance, several individuals ascend a taller ladder to scale the second border wall.The footage shows an agent approaching in an SUV. One man braces for impact as he is hit and knocked to the ground. He quickly gets up and runs back toward Mexico.The U.S. attorney’s office, in collaboration with Customs and Border Protection and the Office of Professional Responsibility, is investigating the collision.According to Homeland Security Investigations, cartels smuggling migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border generated an estimated $13 billion in 2022, up from $500 million in 2018.In September, Border Patrol agents in Texas were placed on high alert for attacks following the capture of a high-ranking Cartel del Noreste member, believed to be Carlos Monsiváis Treviño.The arrest, which occurred on September 3 in Nuevo Laredo, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, heightened concerns that violence could spill over the town’s Rio Grande border into Laredo, Texas.
