Mexico: 2 Migrants Shot Dead, 3 More Injured Near Border After Dawn Attack

By Rick Martin First Posted: Sep 29, 2023 11:58 PM EDT

Two migrants were shot dead on the Mexico side of the US-Mexico border, near the city of Tecate in Baja California state. They were killed during an early morning attack on Friday morning.

Mexico's National Migration Institute confirmed the deadly dawn attack that killed the two migrants and added that three more migrants suffered gunshot wounds. They somehow managed to survive because they received assistance from one of the institute's emergency rescue teams. Nine other people were also caught up in the attack but were uninjured.

According to the Associated Press, a group of around 14 migrants, all of whom are Mexican citizens, were found by Rescue Services during the dawn hours in Cuchuma Hill, which is near the border city of Tecate.

Cuchuma Hill is considered a sacred site by at least one Mexican Indigenous group. However, it is also commonly used by human traffickers to smuggle migrants across the US-Mexico border. When rescuers found the migrants on the hill, they were too late as two of them were already dead as a result of the attack.

The surviving migrants, especially the wounded ones, were quickly given medical attention though rescuers struggled to climb the hill to get to them.

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