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Jeanfromfillmore 07-19-2014 08:50 PM

Cartels suspected as high-caliber gunfire sends Border Patrol scrambling on Rio Grand
 
Cartels suspected as high-caliber gunfire sends Border Patrol scrambling on Rio Grande

RINCON PENINSULA, Texas -- U.S. Border Patrol agents on the American side of the Rio Grande were forced to take cover Friday night when high-caliber weaponry was fired at them from the Mexican side of the river, sources told FoxNews.com.

The weapons were fired at the U.S. side of the riverbank in the area of the Rincon Peninsula across the Rio Grande from Reynosa, Mexico, at about 8:30 p.m., sources said. Bullets ricocheted into an area where Border Patrol agents were positioned, Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, told FoxNews.com.

Border Patrol sources confirmed Gohmert's account, and said the shots may have been fired by .50-caliber weapons.

"We don't have any armor that can stop a .50-caliber round, so our Border Patrol agents had to take cover when the rounds were richocheting around them," said Gohmert, who has been in the area for the last week to get a first-hand look at the border situation.

"When the shooting stopped, about 40 to 50 people came out on the U.S. side and turned themselves in. So clearly the rounds were being fired to suppress every effort to stop anybody intervening with anyone or anything coming across," Gohmert added. "We have no idea what or how many or whom came across with the other illegal immigrants."

Sources said they believe the gunfire came from members of Mexican drug cartels, which include former military members trained in shooting that type of weaponry.

Border Patrol sources said the rounds were clearly identifiable because .50- caliber weapons make a distinctive noise when fired. Sources said they also believe this is the first time that Border Patrol agents have taken direct fire from the Mexican side of the river in this area.

"I don't know why we're out here like sitting ducks," one Border Patrol source said. "We need help."

As of Saturday evening, a Border Patrol spokesman did not immediately return FoxNews.com's request for comment.

The Rio Grande sector has been the busiest part of the 2,000-mile border with Texas in recent months as a surge of illegal immigrants, many from Central America, has poured in to the U.S. in the mistaken belief that U.S. policy allows for them to remain in America once they make it in. More than 60,000 unaccompanied children had crossed in the last nine months. But Border Patrol officials have warned that the deluge has left the border largely unattended, and vulnerable to cartel infiltration.

Rim05 07-20-2014 02:17 PM

When will we wake up. This is a total invasion and I don't know why we do not call it what it is.

Tipsycatlover 07-21-2014 06:33 AM

Gov. Perry is sending the National Guard to the border.

Whether they will be effective will depend on what their orders are.
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-T...-of-the-Border

Patriotic Army Mom 07-21-2014 08:32 AM

It's time to get rolling. I understand some are being sent to Adelanto California. Does anyone know anything about this? If so please post. Many out here are ready to rally.

Tipsycatlover 07-23-2014 06:00 AM

There has been an illegal immigrant detention center in Adelanto for years. Certainly some will be sent there.


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