As RedState reported, Border Patrol agents in McAllen, Texas, were targeted Monday in one of several violent attacks that have taken place against immigration enforcement agents in recent weeks amid the heightened inflammatory rhetoric about President Trump’s immigration policies and federal agencies coming from Democrats.
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The attempted ambush happened at the city’s Border Patrol sector annex. A statement from DHS confirmed that “an individual opened fire” but was “neutralized” by local law enforcement and Border Patrol agents. They also noted that two McAllen police officers and an employee with the Border Patrol sustained injuries that required a visit to the hospital.
The now-deceased suspect was identified as 27-year-old Ryan Louis Mosqueda, who reportedly was armed with an assault rifle and had “many, many more rounds of ammunition in his backpack” than the dozens he was said to have fired, according to McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez.
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