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U.S. DHS Contractors Blast Kuuchamaa Mountain for Border Wall Expansion

Published 17 May 2026

Contractors working for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have been blasting and bulldozing parts of Kuuchamaa Mountain, a sacred site for the Kumeyaay Nation that straddles the United States and Mexico, to make way for additional border wall segments, Indigenous leaders and community members said.

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