Border patrol confirms Texas agent hit by bullet fired from Mexico

December 27, 2017 Cholo Brooks United States 0

A U.S. Border Patrol unit makes its way along U.S. 281 by the U.S.-Mexico border wall near San Benito, Texas. Photo: JERRY LARA, Staff / San Antonio Express-News

A border patrol agent was struck by a bullet fired from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande River on Tuesday near Brownsville, Texas.

According to a statement from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agent is assigned to the Riverine Unit, which patrols the Rio Grande by boat.

The bullet was fired from somewhere on the Mexican riverbank, according to Marcelino Medina, a spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The agent suffered a non-life threatening injury in the shooting.

The shooting is currently under investigation.

Source: MySA Online

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Joel Cholo Brooks is a Liberian journalist who previously worked for several international news outlets including the BBC African Service. He is the CEO of the Global News Network which publishes two local weeklies, The Star and The GNN-Liberia Newspapers. He is a member of the Press Union Of Liberia (PUL) since 1986, and several other international organizations of journalists, and is currently contributing to the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation as Liberia Correspondent.