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2 Border patrol Agents Wounded in Firefight on Rio Grande
From US wire and translated Mexican reports. For a map, click here.Two US Border Patrol agents were wounded in a firefight with armed Mexican drug traffickers near the Texas city of Weslaco, according to US and Spanish language published sources. Reports say around 300 shots were fired, six from drug traffickers as US agents attempted to intercept landfall of barges with marijuana aboard. Two unidentified Border Patrol agents were wounded in the exchange while at least two armed suspects were struck by gunfire. It is unknown if the suspects survived their wounds. Spanish language reports say the raft made landfall, the crew unloaded product on board a Dodge Durango SUV and the immediately returned to the Mexican side of the river. Armed suspects fired weapons and threw rocks at the agents, which prompted return fire. Mexican authorities report seizing 181 kilograms of marijuana on the Mexican side of the river. Weslaco is near Reynosa, Tamaulipas, one of the most contested Mexican border cities between the Gulf cartel and their former allies, Los Zetas. Posted by: badanov 2011-06-11 |
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