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2011-06-11 Caribbean-Latin America

2 Border patrol Agents Wounded in Firefight on Rio Grande

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Posted by badanov 2011-06-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#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|| 2011-06-11 00:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Has Holder arrested the Border Patrol agents yet?

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-06-11 01:01|| 2011-06-11 01:01|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2011-06-11 10:40|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2011-06-11 11:14|| Front Page Top

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