US Border Patrol brokers and suspected Mexican cartel members traded gunfire close to the southern border Monday as a gaggle of migrants tried to enter the US illegally, in keeping with a report.
The capturing happened round 1:30 p.m. close to Fronton, Texas, however no accidents have been reported, Customs and Border Safety mentioned in a press release with out revealing extra particulars.
A bunch of migrants have been attempting to cross the Rio Grande when pictures first rang out, in keeping with Fox Information.
Border patrol brokers then returned hearth at suspected cartel members, Fox Information reporter Invoice Melugin tweeted earlier Monday, citing regulation enforcement sources.
The migrants reportedly didn’t make it into the US.
The scene the place the capturing happened stays lively with the Customs and Border Safety Workplace of Skilled Duty, DHS Workplace of Inspector Normal, the FBI and Texas Division of Public Security all concerned within the probe, Customs and Border Safety mentioned Monday evening.
The capturing comes as President Trump makes cracking down on unlawful immigration and fortifying the southern border an early hallmark of his second time period within the Oval Workplace.
US officers mentioned final week the Pentagon would begin transport as much as 1,500 lively obligation troops to the Mexican border to hitch about 2,200 US Nationwide Guard and Reserve personnel already in place.
Trump was additionally contemplating sending as much as 10,000 troops to the border as a part of the nation’s effort to seal the borders, the Washington Submit reported final week.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement mentioned it arrested 1,179 individuals and lodged 853 immigration detainers Monday – a day after it carried out 956 arrests and issued 554 detainers.
