Thread: Gun Battle Between Texas Rangers, Border Sheriff and Cartels

I don't have the link yet but I heard on Fox news that Texas Rangers and border deputies were involved in a gun battle with drug cartels after law enforcement authorities tried to intercept boats carrying drugs and/or illegal aliens into the state. You can add this incident to the other one of the murdered New Mexican Rancher earlier this week along a high intensity smuggling corridor. How many more innocent Americans will be sacrificed for open borders, illegal alien votes, new union members and cheap labor?

SAN ANTONIO-- Authorities say a shootout along the Texas-Mexico border involving U.S. federal agents and an elite team of Texas Rangers has injured at least three suspected drug runners.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said in a brief statement that U.S. agents came under heavy fire from the Mexican side Thursday morning as they tried to seize a drug load. The statement did not indicate that any U.S. law enforcement officers were injured.

DPS spokeswoman Tela Mange said the shootout took place in Hidalgo County, about 240 miles south of San Antonio. She would not release additional details.

DPS said the shootout began after a suspicious vehicle on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande was spotted along with two boats that authorities suspected were being used to transport drugs.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/06/09/te ... 129580287/

Thanks Reggie.

My border is a war zone and our POS in chief want to start a war with Libya and Yemen.......................

Texas agency: Authorities take gunfire on border in Hidalgo County
Associated Press

Posted: 06/09/2011 11:29:06 AM MDT

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Authorities say a shootout along the Texas-Mexico border involving U.S. federal agents and an elite team of Texas Rangers has injured at least three suspected drug runners.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said in a brief statement that U.S. agents came under heavy fire from the Mexican side Thursday morning as they tried to seize a drug load. The statement did not indicate that any U.S. law enforcement officers were injured.

DPS spokeswoman Tela Mange said the shootout took place in Hidalgo County, about 240 miles south of San Antonio. She would not release additional details.

DPS said the shootout began after a suspicious vehicle on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande was spotted along with two boats that authorities suspected were being used to transport drugs.

http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_18238695

U.S. officers exchange gunfire with drug runners on the border

By Lynn Brezosky
lbrezosky@express-news.net
Updated 11:56 a.m., Thursday, June 9, 2011

BROWNSVILLE — A shootout on the Rio Grande between U.S. law enforcement officers and Mexican drug runners left at least three of the gang members wounded, the Department of Public Safety said Thursday.

DPS spokeswoman Tela Mange said the gunfire broke out somewhere in Hidalgo County early Thursday. She said she could not be more specific for security reasons. She said she did not have information on whether any of the U.S. officials were wounded.

She said the officers were participating in a multi-agency Texas Ranger Reconnaissance operation and were attempting to stop a large drug load.

Officers arrived on the scene in three patrol boats after spotting a suspicious vehicle on the U.S. banks of the river and two boats full of drugs on the water. They “received heavy gun fire from the Mexico sideâ€

The teams, comprised of Texas Rangers and Texas National Guard Counterdrug forces, are deployed to high-traffic, high-crime areas to help stem the flow of contraband, according to an agency news release.

DPS: Shootout between U.S lawmen and Mexican drug cartel
June 09, 2011 11:51 AM
By LAURA B. MARTINEZ, The Brownsville Herald

The Texas Department of Public Safety is reporting a shootout occurred this morning between U.S. law enforcement and a Mexican drug cartel.

The shootout happened as a multi-agency Texas Ranger Recon Operation were attempting to interdict a large drug load along the Rio Grande, the DPS is reporting.

The incident happened in Mission, near the Chimney Park area.

Authorities said three suspected drug runners were injured in the shootout.

A "suspicious" vehicle on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande along with two "cartel drug recovery boats," were spotted by U.S. lawmen.

As three law enforcement patrol boats approached the groups, the came under heavy gunfire from the Mexico side, the DPS said.

Among the agencies involved in the shootout were U.S. Parks and Wildlife, Texas Rangers and the U.S. Border Patrol.

DPS spokeswoman Lisa Block says one agent suffered only minor injuries. Spokeswoman Tela Mange said the agents came under "heavy fire" but would not say how long the ensuing shootout lasted.

Mexican authorities were notified of the abandoned vehicle and boats. They are on the scene.

It is not the first time shots have been exchanged along the Texas-Mexico border. Since January of last year, DPS has tracked at least a dozen incidents of shots being fired from Mexico and into Texas, with U.S. officers shooting back in some cases.

No U.S. authorities have been reported hurt in those cases.

http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/-127510--.html

Authorities Exchange Gunfire With Drug Runners Across Rio Grande

Reported by: Polo Sandoval
Last Update: 3:30 pm

MISSION - Federal and state authorities are on high alert after they exchanged gunfire with drug runners across the river Thursday.

Early Thursday morning, U.S. law enforcement officers participating in a multi-agency Texas Rangers recon operation south of Chimney Park in Mission were fired upon from Mexico while attempting to interdict a large drug load.

Texas game wardens wounded at least three suspected drug runners in the exchange of gunfire.

A suspicious vehicle on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande was observed along with two cartel drug recovery boats. Three law enforcement patrol boats arrived on the scene and received heavy gunfire from the Mexican side while attempting to interdict the drug-laden boats.

Mexican authorities were notified of the abandoned cartel drug-laden boats and are on the scene.

http://www.krgv.com/news/local/story/Au ... Gp3Zg.cspx

American police draw fire at the border

By LYNN BREZOSKY and DANE SCHILLER

June 9, 2011, 3:36PM

BROWNSVILLE — BROWNSVILLE — A shootout on the Rio Grande between U.S. law enforcement officers and Mexican drug runners left at least three of the drug traffickers wounded, the Department of Public Safety said Thursday.

DPS spokeswoman Tela Mange said the gunfire broke out somewhere in Hidalgo County early Thursday but could not be more specific for security reasons and said she had no information on whether any of the U.S. officers were wounded.

Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino said the shootout occurred in the Hidalgo County community of Abram and said none of the U.S. law enforcement personnel was injured.

He said the operation involved Texas Rangers, Texas Parks and Wildlife game wardens and the U.S. Border Patrol and that sheriff's deputies were among those on the scene “after the fact.â€