US EditionCartel Uses Drones to Drop and Detonate Explosive Devices on State Police Installation in Tijuana, Leads to Warning for Americans in Baja
Three explosive drones damaged part of the building and six vehicles at the attorney general's office, with no injuries reported, amid rising cartel drone attacks in Mexico.
- On October 16, 2025, a drone attack hit the Baja California state attorney general's anti-kidnapping unit in Playas de Tijuana at around 7 p.m., authorities confirmed.
- Amid a pattern of attacks, authorities said no specific group was identified, but analysts link the Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartel to increased drone violence since 2020.
- Baja California state prosecutor Maria Elena Andrade said three explosive-laden drones dropped improvised devices, damaging part of the building and six vehicles with no injuries.
- The U.S. consulate in Tijuana issued a security alert Wednesday night, reporting explosions and urging U.S. citizens to avoid the area while providing emergency numbers 5080 2000 and 011 52 55 5080 2000.
- Analysts link the Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartel to increased drone attacks since 2020, while the Baja California state attorney general wrote `no attack will stop investigative work or commitment to justice.
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Cartel uses drones to drop and detonate explosive devices on state police installation in Tijuana, leads to warning for Americans in Baja
SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Baja California's Attorney General, María Elena Andrade Ramírez, confirmed this morning that a cartel used three drones to drop explosive devices on a state police installation targeting the anti-kidnapping unit. The incident happened Wednesday night at the state police offices in Tijuana's beach area. No one was injured, although three vehicles were damaged, according to the investigation. Andrade Ramirez says drone…
Attorney General’s Office building in Tijuana bombed in drone attack
Three drones carrying explosive devices targeted a Baja California Attorney General’s Office facility in Tijuana Wednesday night, prompting the U.S. Consulate in Tijuana to issue a security warning, authorities said. No one was injured in the attack, believed to be the work of an organized crime group, Attorney General Maria Elena Andrade said at a midnight news conference. The assault happened about 7 p.m. at a parking lot of the facility in Pl…
It was around seven o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, an hour when the staff of the Baja California Kidnapping Prosecutor's Office was still around the offices of the Tijuana Beach delegation. It was the time when a drone attacked the building with plastic bottles filled with metals and gunpowder, which detonated in the courtyard of the Public Prosecutor's office. The images circulated in networks showed the impact generated by those home explosiv…
Crude drone attack hits Mexican govt office in Tijuana
MEXICO CITY: A Mexican crime group launched a makeshift drone attack on the state attorney general’s offices in the northern border city of Tijuana, just across from California, on Wednesday, according to Mexican authorities. The crude improvised explosive device, which contained nails and pieces of metal, struck outside the office of the attorney general’s anti-kidnapping
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The Star Kuala LumpurCrude drone attack hits Mexican govt office in Tijuana, no deaths or injuries
MEXICO CITY - A Mexican crime group launched a makeshift drone attack on the state attorney general's offices in the northern border city of Tijuana, just across from California, on Wednesday, according to Mexican authorities. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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