Suspected Cartel Members Open Fire on Border Patrol Agents While Attempting to Smuggle Illegal Migrants Into Texas

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Notorious drug cartel opens fire at US Border Patrol as Trump crackdown heats up

Although border patrol agents have faced attacks from smugglers in the past, such confrontations are relatively rare, as cartels typically try to avoid direct conflict with US authorities for fear of drawing a harsh response.

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Watch: Cartel Traffickers Fire Shots at U.S. Border Patrol, Drone Near Mexican Border

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) responded to assist the U.S. Border Patrol on Thursday after agents patrolling the border in Starr County came under fire from cartel members in Mexico.

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Mexican Cartel Terrorists Open Fire on U.S. Agents in Texas near Border

As reported by Breitbart Texas, the Fronton, Texas area has been notoriously dangerous for Border Patrol agents and Texas DPS Highway Patrol troopers in recent years due to Mexican drug cartel activity.

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Cartel thugs open fire on US Border Patrol as they ‘gear up for all-out WAR’
Footage shows the thugs firing on drones watching them as the creep closer to crossing into the United States. The salvo comes as Donald Trump has declared the deadly groups as terrorists and the boss of one cartel is preparing to fight the president. The four gangsters appeared to remain in Mexico and did not cross officially into the US.
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Suspected cartel members shoot at US Border Patrol along Texas-Mexico border
U.S. Border Patrol agents exchange gunfire with suspected cartel members. Suspects ran to Fronton Island, between the US and Mexico. Gov. Greg Abbott sending hundreds of troops to the border to help secure it. The Texas Tactical Border Force will coordinate with the Border Patrol under the Trump Administration.
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Border Patrol Exchanges Fire With Suspected Cartel Members As Group Tried To Cross Into Texas
Unidentified cartel gunmen exchanged gunfire with U.S. Border Patrol agents in the southern border near Texas on Monday afternoon. The men were trying to smuggle undocumented immigrants into the United States. The suspected cartel gunmen shot at Border Patrol officers, who returned fire. Neither party was hit or injured.
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Border Czar Tom Homan Declares War on Terrorist Cartels Following Rio Grande Firefight Involving Border Patrol Agents
U.S. Border Czar Tom Homan has announced a major escalation in the United States’ stance against Mexican drug cartels, vowing to “wipe them off the face of the earth.” This stern warning follows a dangerous confrontation on Monday, where U.s. Border Patrol agents engaged in a firefight with suspected cartel gunmen along the volatile U.S.-Mexico border.
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Video: Gunfight between Mexican cartel hitmen and Border Patrol agents in Texas
Members of the Texas Department of Public Safety came to the aid of the feds, although the incident ended with no injuries on either side.
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Cartels & the Deadly Dangers for Our Border Patrol
Texas DPS said Border Patrol exchanged gunfire with cartels on the Mexican side yesterday. Cartels have controlled the border for four years. They are now using explosives. Gov. Abbott has sent more troops to the Rio Grande. The cartels are losing their gravy train and are now resorting to shooting at our border patrol agents. Great…pic.twitter.com/oPf5l7wltO— Chris Olivarez (@LtChrisOlivarez) January 28, 2025.
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BREAKING: Border Patrol Agents Fired Upon By Suspected Cartel Gunmen * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle
U.S. Border Patrol agents were fired upon Monday by suspected cartel gunmen, Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin reports. “I’m told BP returned fire, nobody hit on either side, and that the illegal aliens did not make it across,” he said. Texas DPS is now patrolling the area and has a drone in the air and can see Mexican military assets now staging on the other side of the river.
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Border Patrol, Cartel Members Exchange Gunfire at Border
U.S. Border Patrol agents exchanged gunfire with suspected Mexican cartel members at the southern border on Monday. The incident occurred in Texas' Rio Grande Valley. No Border Patrol agent was injured by the gunshot, officials said.Lt. Chris Olivarez, of the Texas Department of Public Safety, took to X to post videos and photos showing the heavily armed gunman.
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'They are trying to intimidate us' | DPS drone captures suspected cartel members opening fire at Border Patrol agents
The incident was reported around 1:30 p.m. Monday in Fronton, Texas in Starr County. Four suspected cartel members opened fire on U.S. Border Patrol agents in broad daylight. DPS drones captured the images while responding to assist agents in the area.
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Texas Border Patrol Agents Exchange Gunfire With Suspected Cartel Members
Suspected Mexican cartel members fired upon U.S. Border Patrol agents on Monday near Fronton, Texas. No one was injured in the exchange, which took place as a group of illegal immigrants were attempting to cross the Rio Grande. The incident occurred after President Donald Trump signed a number of immigration-related executive orders.
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Border Patrol, Mexican cartel exchange gunfire amid ramped up security
U.S. Border Patrol agents exchanged gunfire with suspected Mexican cartel members near the U.S.-Mexico border.
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PHOTOS: Mexican State Cops Find Narco-Camp on Island Where Cartel Gunmen Fired at U.S. Agents
Authorities in Mexico discovered a small narco-camp on an island from where Los Zetas fired on U.S. agents. The discovery came when Mexican state police forces raided the island one day after the initial shooting. The island is used by cartel gunmen as a staging area for human and drug smuggling operations into Texas.
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