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Cartel gunmen exchanged fire with US border patrol agents on Monday while attempting to smuggle illegal migrants across the US-Mexico border.
The migrants were seeking to enter the US via a river located near Fronton, southern Texas, with state officials later releasing drone footage that showed a group of men brandishing firearms as they walked along a river bank.
The clashes came after Donald Trump, the US president, returned to the White House last week and promptly signed a string of 21 Executive Orders designed to crack down on immigration.
Such orders included the declaration of a national emergency at the border, tasking the US military with aiding security, the sending of an additional 1,500 troops to the border, and the designation of cartels as foreign terror organisations.
On Monday, officials said border patrol agents were shot at by the suspected cartel gunmen. They returned fire and nobody in either party was hit, Fox News said.
Texas’ Department of Public Safety (DPS), patrolling the area after the encounter, later told the news outlet that Mexican military vehicles could be seen on the other side of the border.
Although border agents have previously been attacked by people smugglers, they generally attempt to keep a low profile for fear of drawing a retaliatory response from the US.
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