TEXAS: Smugglers shoot at border agents from Mexican side of border

The Monitor

SOUTH OF DONNA, Texas -- Border Patrol agents investigating a possible drug smuggling operation encountered gunfire from the Mexican side of the border Tuesday morning. No one was hurt, an agency spokesman said.

The agents stopped around 7:30 a.m. just south of the intersection of Tower Road and Military Highway, after spotting a raft carrying marijuana floating near the U.S. side of the river, said Border Patrol spokesman Oscar Saldaña.

As the agents approached the bank, someone across the river fired several rounds, Saldaña said. The agents returned fire, but said later that they didn’t think they hit anyone.

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Posted by tyne at March 21, 2007