Graciela Gómez Hernández, a 30-year-old migrant from Mexico, died in the Otay Mountain Wilderness near San Diego in September 2025 while attempting to cross the border, despite being within range of a General Dynamics surveillance tower equipped with advanced cameras capable of tracking targets miles away. An investigation by MIT Technology Review and Times of San Diego found that hundreds of migrant deaths along the California border occurred within camera range, yet the surveillance technology failed to prevent or aid these deaths.