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| 2 Border patrol Agents Wounded in Firefight on Rio Grande |
| 2011-06-11 |
| 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 |
| #4 Pray for the recovery of our BP agents. Though the fact the fired on US officials makes me question if the Runners didn't have some of the product that night. |
| Posted by: Charles 2011-06-11 11:14 |
| #3 Has Holder arrested the Border Patrol agents yet? No way! It was a Texas Ranger Recon mission, with the Texas Rangers, Park and Wildlife and Border Patrol Agents involved. |
| Posted by: Willy 2011-06-11 10:40 |
| #2 Has Holder arrested the Border Patrol agents yet? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-06-11 01:01 |
| #1 Houston Chronicle reports: WESLACO — Answering a smattering of gunshots with a 300-round barrage should show drug runners - their inflatable rafts full of illegal contraband - that Texas law enforcement officers aren't messing around, authorities said. "You shoot a police officer, you're going to be shot back at," said Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw, dismissing on Friday any notion that the U.S. response to an early morning shootout Thursday with Mexican drug runners on the Rio Grande was over the top. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-06-11 00:17 |
