Border Patrol Agent Opens Fire on Smuggler

Carolyn Hileman* | February 22, 2008

South Of Donna - Border Patrol agents are trying to determine if a suspected smuggler was wounded after one agent opened fire in self defense. The incident happened Monday afternoon, near Runn along the Rio Grande. A Customs and Border Protection spokesperson tells NEWSCHANNEL 5, agents spotted a smuggler loading several people inside a Chevrolet Suburban. When agents walked towards the vehicle, the suspected smuggler tried to run them over.

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