US Border Patrol Fired On

BREAKING: Per multiple law enforcement sources, within the last hour, Border Patrol agents near Fronton, TX were fired upon from MX by suspected cartel gunmen as a group of illegal aliens were being brought across the river. I’m told BP returned fire, nobody hit on either side,…

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 27, 2025

… and that the illegal aliens did not make it across.

Texas DPS @LtChrisOlivarez tells me DPS is now patrolling the area and has a drone in the air and can see Mexican military assets now staging on the other side of the river. pic.twitter.com/z61RkrVvEq

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) January 27, 2025

SCOOP: Two LEO officials tell me that the Mexican cartels as of Jan. 21 put a "green light" to open fire on U.S. federal law enforcement in retaliation for the border crackdown in Washington that Trump has waged.

Trump's crackdown will cost the cartels billions of $ annually

— Anna Giaritelli (@Anna_Giaritelli) January 27, 2025