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| Border Patrol agents fired upon from Mexico, return fire: sources |
| 2022-02-04 |
| ROE changing? [FoxNews] Border Patrol agents patrolling the Rio Grande Valley Sector were fired upon from across the Mexican border on Wednesday, multiple law enforcement sources told Fox News. The Special Operations Group, part of Border Patrol Tactical Operations (BORTAC), were shot at from beyond the border, and then returned fire – nobody on either side was hit. In a statement to Fox News, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed that agents responded to a report of suspected migrants near Fronton. The statement also confirmed that the incident is being reviewed by both the FBI and CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility. Fox is told that the Mexican military had engaged with cartel members in a shootout on the Mexican side, at which point a man fled and tried to cross into the U.S. via a nearby river. When a BORTAC agent jumped into the water to rescue him, the agent was fired upon. It occurred in the same area where Texas National Guard members were shot at from Mexico just last month. The suspected shooters were believed to be gunmen from a drug cartel, but it was not clear. No National Guard members were hurt. It is also where Fox News personally witnessed tracer fire from a cartel machine gun coming into U.S. territory. That area in Roma is viewed as cartel land and is where the Gulf cartel and Cartel Del Noreste fight for control of the city in Mexico across from Roma – Ciudad Miguel Aleman. Heavily armed groups are becoming a more common sight along the Texas-Mexico border, authorities said. Last month, Texas Department of Public Safety officials told Fox News that suspected cartel members involved in human smuggling were wearing tactical gear and armed with AK-47s while taunting National Guard soldiers across the Rio Grande. Mexican cartels have been known to commit acts of violence on migrants traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border, but it is rare for them to confront American law enforcement or military troops. There were more than 178.840 migrant encounters in December, and Republican lawmakers have warned that the continuing crisis at the southern border is only serving to encourage cartels and criminal organizations that facilitate much of the human smuggling, trafficking and the drug trade at the border. Related: Rio Grande Valley Sector: 2022-01-07 Border Patrol arrests gang members, migrant with child sex crime conviction in groups crossing into US Rio Grande Valley Sector: 2021-12-26 Smugglers Move Migrants into Texas on Christmas Eve Rio Grande Valley Sector: 2021-12-02 East African, Middle Eastern Migrants Apprehended in Texas near Border Related: Fronton: 2022-01-03 SHOTS FIRED: Border Patrol Vehicle Struck as Agents Arrest Migrant Fronton: 2016-11-26 Texas State Trooper Hit by Gunfire from Mexico Related: Gulf cartel: 2016-02-12 Riot at prison in northern Mexico leaves 49 inmates dead Gulf cartel: 2014-10-23 Leader Of Mexico's Gulf Cartel Arrested In Texas, U.S. Officials Say Gulf cartel: 2014-10-12 Recent Mexican Drug Cartel Doings Related: Cartel Del Noreste: 2022-02-02 Mexican Authorities Seize Large Drug, Ammunition Cache near Texas Border Cartel Del Noreste: 2022-01-20 Sinaloa Cartel Commander Arrested in Mexican State Bordering Texas Cartel Del Noreste: 2021-10-05 Mexican Police Chief Killed Hours After Taking Job in Border State |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #8 ^ on that we agree, Senor Skeed |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2022-02-04 18:44 |
| #7 Wonder what 3000 troops could accomplish on this border. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-02-04 18:37 |
| #6 ooop ^ was me |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-02-04 13:26 |
| #5 The law is still on the books. It's one thing to ignore the law, it's another to aid and abet those breaking the law. That is obstruction of justice. I look forward to the tribunals. |
| Posted by: Zebulon Thud6971 2022-02-04 13:26 |
| #4 There was a time, in the distant past of the 1950s I believe, when entering the sovereign territory of the United States illegally was a felony, and failure to stop when confronted by a Border Patrol agent could be grounds for the use of deadly force. Fast forward to the late 80s, and it had changed to essentially make enforcement a form of tackle football. We have been overrun by millions of people, many nice enough, but most of whom essentially want to enjoy the better life America provided by just sneaking their way in. Far too often bringing ignorance, crime, poverty, disease and frankly a demand for services and welfare from our collective wallets. Not content to dishonestly share in the gift of our national prosperity, created by the genius of our founders, they send billions of dollars back to their native states to support families ther, removing that commerce from our own economy. Called remittances, along with the drug trade, it is the largest sector of the Mexican economy for example. There was a time when our prosperity was so great and our treasures so vast this was tolerable. That time has long passed! It now an epidemic you see everywhere, but especially in the hospital emergency rooms and in the shifted cost of indigent healthcare as a form of hidden tax, making healthcare enormously expensive. I remember reading how a General Motors Senior Executive one described GM as a Healthcare Network that made automobiles. The breaking point has been reached and the policies of this administration represent criminal malfeasance at the highest levels. This must stop... |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2022-02-04 12:38 |
| #3 Next step: American Stasi fire upon Border Patrol Running-Dog Counter-Revolutionaries |
| Posted by: Merrick Ferret 2022-02-04 12:13 |
| #2 Next step: 'Border Patrol agents ARE fired?' |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2022-02-04 12:09 |
| #1 But the ruling class wants to send troops to a far distant border. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-02-04 08:32 |