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Baja California Confirms Cloned Patrols as National Guard Allegation Remains Under Investigation

Federal prosecutors now direct the case following reports of apocryphal units in Tijuana’s Chapultepec and Hipódromo.

Overview

  • State security chief Laureano Carrillo said two cloned patrol vehicles tied to crimes were identified in Tijuana in 2022 and 2024.
  • A separate case involved digitally manipulated footage intended to falsely incriminate the state force in a property dispossession.
  • The inquiry into an alleged National Guard role in a recent home robbery continues with no determination of involvement or reported arrests.
  • The National Guard’s internal control unit traveled to Baja California and the Fiscalía General de la República holds the primary case file.
  • Authorities verified at least three additional events with Tijuana’s municipality and continue targeted operations in Chapultepec and Hipódromo, noting cloned units mimicked both state and municipal patrols.