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Border Agents Under Fire at Rio Grande (AP)
Border Agents Under Fire at Rio Grande

Wednesday March 21, 2007 1:46 PM

DONNA, Texas (AP) - Two Border Patrol agents investigating bundles
of marijuana left along the Rio Grande exchanged gunfire with unseen
assailants shooting from the Mexican side of the river, officials said.

The agents were unharmed Tuesday, and no one was believed injured
on the Mexican side, Customs and Border Protection spokesman Oscar
Saldana said.

It was the second time this year agents were fired at near that section
of the river, which is less than 150 feet wide at that point.

The agents had spotted an inflatable raft near the U.S. side of the river
near Donna, a small town near the southern tip of Texas, and found four
bundles of marijuana totaling 305 pounds on the river bank, Saldana said.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6497218,00.html
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