Shots fired from Mexico at US border wall construction workers

A crew working at a border wall construction site on the southern border said they were shot at from the Mexico side on Thursday morning.

While multiple rounds were shot, one bullet hit the newly constructed wall in Southern Texas near Fronton, Breitbart first reported. Construction workers heard the shots and immediately called 9-1-1. Border Patrol agents arrived on the scene shortly after and said they could hear a shootout in Mexico, possibly in the small town across the river called Los Guerra.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) flew a helicopter to the area, but by the time they arrived, all the shooters reportedly ran away. According to the report from Breitbart, the city has been consistently home to multiple shootouts between factions of the Cartel Del Noreste and the Gulf Cartel. The area has been historically under Gulf Cartel control.

The area has seen a spike in gun battles recently, and cartel and human trafficking activity have increased with the coronavirus pandemic still raging across the world. The malicious actors have been exploiting the global crisis, seizing upon the distraction that comes with it.

The head of the CBP said that the administration has seized an enormous amount of drugs since the coronavirus outbreak began.

“As for the cartels and drug trafficking networks, we know that there is no ‘day off’ for them,” Acting CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan said. “They continue to exploit the current health pandemic by attempting to move counterfeit products into...

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