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Mexican cartels fire at Border Patrol agents as Trump ramps up enforcement: officials

U.S. Border Patrol agents exchanged gunfire with suspected cartel members near the U.S.-Mexican border on Monday, as the U.S. government's response against criminal migrants continues to intensify.

The gunfire exchange – which happened exactly one week after President Donald Trump began ramping up border security on his first day in office – occurred at around 2 p.m. local time near Fronton, Texas.

A group of illegal aliens was attempting to cross the Rio Grande while bullets were fired, but did not make it across. Neither the Border Patrol agents nor the suspected cartel members were hit. ...................

https://www.foxnews.com/us/mexican-cartels-fire-border-patrol-agents-trump-ramps-up-enforcement-officials

President Trump recently designated Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.