American Border Patrol agents stationed at the Mexican border were fired upon by a suspected drug cartel in an effort to smuggle illegal migrants into Texas.
The gunfight broke out on Monday near the disputed territory of Fronton, Texas, exactly one week after President Donald Trump returned to office and began his sweeping deportation crackdown.
While the cartel suspected of being responsible for the violence has been shooting across the border for years, NewsNation reports that the crisis in the region has 'escalated in unprecedented ways since President Trump was elected.'
The cartel has reportedly 'given orders to shoot at agents recently.' No agents were injured in Monday's shootout.
Border Patrol 'returned fire' and the 'illegal aliens did not make it across,' Fox reported.
Fronton became a favorite Mexican cartel destination to smuggle people and drugs across the border, due to dense forest and vegetation which made it difficult to patrol.
Texas DPS Lieutenant Chris Olivarez told Fox that state officials 'had enough' in October and launched a full-scale crackdown, clearing out the vegetation and brush to make it impossible for cartels to move through the area covertly.
Governor Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star targeting cartels in the area, sending a letter to the Biden-Harris administration criticizing their handling of the border crisis.
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