2024-01-04 06:30:35
The man planned to drive across the U.S.-Mexico border, but unexpectedly the GPS changed his route and Ricketts accidentally walked into a scene where gangs were fighting. (Schematic diagram/pixabay)
Craig Ricketts, a 68-year-old man from Arizona, USA, was planning to drive across the U.S.-Mexico border a few days ago to visit his son from Mexico. Unexpectedly, the GPS changed the route on the way, and Ricketts accidentally broke into a scene where gangs were fighting. , he was shot 16 times on the spot. Not only was the car devastated, but his arms and ankles were also damaged.
According to the “Daily Mirror” report, Ricketts planned to go to Tempe, Arizona (Tempe), Arizona, to visit his son on Christmas Eve. When he crossed the U.S.-Mexico border, he found that the Lukeville checkpoint (Lukeville) was closed, so He intended to go through the port of Nogales, but then the GPS changed his route and suggested he head to the Sasabe border.
Unexpectedly, Ricketts was shot 16 times while driving. Afterwards, he said, “The first thing I noticed was that my left window was broken. I saw a bullet hole in my front window. The radio was also destroyed by bullets.”
In addition, he was also hit in the arm and injured in his left leg. After the incident, Ricketts was rushed to the hospital, where he was finally reunited with his son, and the two also took a group photo on the hospital bed.
This is the second time in the past month that Americans have been caught up in gang violence in the state of Sonora, according to the Mexican state attorney general’s office. According to the Arizona Republic, a shooting occurred on Federal Highway 2 in Sonora on December 16, resulting in the death of one American resident and the injury of two others.
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