Female jaguar near U.S.-Mexico border
A female jaguar was photographed just five miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border in the foothills of the San Luis Mountains in Sonora, where the border wall remains unfinished. The video was captured with a camera trap on April 22, 2023, and retrieved from the field on September 18, 2025. Video courtesy of Ganesh Marín, Conservation Science Partners.
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Female jaguar confirmed in Sonora near US border, researchers sayFor Star subscribers: Video has shown one or possibly two female jaguars roaming the wilderness in Sonora, just five miles south of the U.S. border, researchers say.
One of Arizona’s rare jaguars, Cinco, was recently photographed moving through the state, joining four other documented jaguars tracked since 2011. The University of Arizona's Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center uses trail cameras and genetics to study their movement and population connections with Mexico.
