July 20, 2014 by Dean James
U.S.
Border Patrol agents on the American side of the Rio Grande were forced
to take cover Friday night when high-caliber weaponry was fired at them
from the Mexican side of the river, sources told FoxNews.com.
The
weapons were fired at the U.S. side of the riverbank in the area of the
Rincon Peninsula across the Rio Grande from Reynosa, Mexico, at about
8:30 p.m., sources said. Bullets ricocheted into an area where Border
Patrol agents were positioned, Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, told
FoxNews.com.
Border Patrol sources confirmed Gohmert’s account, and said the shots may have been fired by .50-caliber weapons.
“We
don’t have any armor that can stop a .50-caliber round, so our Border
Patrol agents had to take cover when the rounds were richocheting around
them,” said Gohmert, who has been in the area for the last week to get a
first-hand look at the border situation.
“When the shooting
stopped, about 40 to 50 people came out on the U.S. side and turned
themselves in. So clearly the rounds were being fired to suppress every
effort to stop anybody intervening with anyone or anything coming
across,” Gohmert added. “We have no idea what or how many or whom came
across with the other illegal immigrants.”
Sources said they
believe the gunfire came from members of Mexican drug cartels, which
include former military members trained in shooting that type of
weaponry.
Border Patrol sources said the rounds were clearly
identifiable because .50- caliber weapons make a distinctive noise when
fired. Sources said they also believe this is the first time that Border
Patrol agents have taken direct fire from the Mexican side of the river
in this area.
“I don’t know why we’re out here like sitting ducks,” one Border Patrol source said. “We need help.”
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