Smuggling Attempt Ends in Shootout

Last Update: 2:58 pm
CHANNEL 5 NEWS

STARR COUNTY - A smuggling attempt escalated into a shootout. We understand Border Patrol agents foiled a smuggling attempt south of the Garceno area around 1:30 p.m. The smugglers were forced to turn back toward Mexico, where they clashed with Mexican military.

Officers on the scene tell us at least one injured gunman managed to swim into the United States. Law enforcement from both Starr and Hidalgo counties responded to the scene.

A CHANNEL 5 NEWS crew is also there. They saw a Starr County ambulance leaving the scene. We learned the man being transferred is now at a Starr County hospital.

We haven't been told if more gunmen managed to make it to U.S. Deputies and Border Patrol agents have set up a perimeter around the area. Authorities on this side tell us they have the area secured.

We have several crews there. We'll have the very latest on CHANNEL 5 NEWS at

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