It’s just breaking now that Mexican drug cartel gunmen fired at Border Patrol agents as they were trying to get illegals through the river and across the border.
This happened near Fronton, Texas and fortunately no border patrol officers were injured.
Here’s more from Bill Melugin, who says “the illegal aliens did not make it across”:
Per multiple law enforcement sources, within the last hour, Border Patrol agents near Fronton, TX were fired upon from MX by suspected cartel gunmen as a group of illegal aliens were being brought across the river. I’m told BP returned fire, nobody hit on either side, and that the illegal aliens did not make it across.
BREAKING: Per multiple law enforcement sources, within the last hour, Border Patrol agents near Fronton, TX were fired upon from MX by suspected cartel gunmen as a group of illegal aliens were being brought across the river. I’m told BP returned fire, nobody hit on either side,…
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 27, 2025
Melugin adds that the Mexican military is now staging on their side of the border to prevent this from happening again:
Texas DPS @LtChrisOlivarez tells me 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. pic.twitter.com/z61RkrVvEq
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 27, 2025