Several Border Patrol agents conducting surveillance and enforcement activities in Texas came under fire from suspected Mexican drug cartel operatives early Monday afternoon.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents exchanged gunfire with the cartel members and sought cover as reinforcements were summoned. The agents did not sustain injuries during the initial exchange of gunfire. However, the incident is still unfolding.
According to a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the agents were conducting surveillance along the Rio Grande near Fronton, Texas, when the shooting took place. The agents returned gunfire and sought cover in the heavy brush along the river’s edge. The agents left their marked Border Patrol vehicles on the banks of the river, where they currently remain as the
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