Cash, Drugs Possibly Left in US due to Firefight in Mexico

Posted: Aug 25, 2014 5:30 PM
Updated: Aug 25, 2014 9:03 PM

SULLIVAN CITY - Drugs and a massive amount of cash found south of Sullivan City last week is now in the hands of DEA agents.

Omar Zamora, a Border Patrol acting special operations supervisor, said, "It's not very often that we apprehend or seize money."

He explained, "If we can get to the money, the houses, the vehicle, that's something that we're excited to do. ... That's what hurts them in the end."

The drugs and money were found after a violent night across the border. A woman in Los Ebanos said those firefights kept her awake.

"Because the shots can cross to this side," she told us.

The woman, whose identity we hid for her safety, also said she saw several people cross the border into the community. It wouldn't be new if criminals stashed items on the U.S. side of the border during a firefight. A few years ago, gunbattles in Mexico would send people with weapons fleeing across the border to western Starr County.

CHANNEL 5 NEWS asked if Border Patrol officials if the money was stashed due to the battle across the border. We were told the investigation was turned over to the DEA, who is now tracking down who dropped the bags.

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