Mexican Cartel members allegedly opened fire at the United States’s border with Mexico on Monday, January 27, with U.S. Border Patrol agents returning fire from Texas. Border Patrol officials near Fronton, TX, were allegedly attacked by cartel members from the Mexican side of the border as illegal immigrants were crossing across the Rio Grande. The Border Patrol agents returned fire, but no one on either side was hit.
Lt. Chris Olivarez of the Texas Department for Public Safety (DPS) told reporter Bill Melugin that DPS was patrolling the area where the shooting took place with vehicles and drones. Members of the Mexican armed forces were also seen operating on the other side of the Rio Grande.
The firefight comes as President Donald J. Trump has heightened security at the southern border and signed an executive order designating the cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, warning of possible U.S. military operations against them in the future. Subsequently, the Trump administration sent 1,500 military servicemen, including members of the Marine Corps, to help secure the border.
President Trump and his administration have also scrapped the CBP One app, which was used by hundreds of thousands of illegals to enter the U.S. under the former Biden-Harris regime.