We are riding shotgun with border patrol agents as they drive us along the state line, where Texas turns into New Mexico and both states border Chihuahua, Mexico. This is the first embed given to any world news outlet by the U.

According to reports, there were no injuries in the incident near Fronton Island, an uninhabited island in Starr County, Texas.

A group of suspected Mexican cartel members fired shots at U.S. Border Patrol agents on Monday afternoon as a group of migrants attempted to cross the Rio Grande.

Current and former federal senior law enforcement officials have warned of a possible “violent pushback” from Mexican cartels infuriated by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown for how it will curb their human smuggling incomes.