Crime & Safety
Authorities ID Man Killed In Fall From Border Wall Near Otay Mesa
Efren Medina Villegas fell from a section of the border wall roughly three miles east of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, authorities said.
OTAY MESA, CA — Authorities Monday publicly identified a 56-year-old man who died after apparently falling from a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border in Otay Mesa.
Efren Medina Villegas fell from a section of the border wall roughly three miles east of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry around 7:30 a.m. Thursday, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office.
Border Patrol agents responded, but Villegas was pronounced dead at the scene.
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— City News Service