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Border Patrol Assist McAllen PD at Stash House Where Gunshots Were Reported

Release Date
Sun, 08/09/2020

EDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assist the McAllen Police Department at an active stash house following a report of gun shots.

Early this morning, the Weslaco Border Patrol Station received a call for assistance from the McAllen Police Department (MPD) regarding numerous subjects inside a residence. The subjects were discovered while MPD officers were investigating a report of gunshots in the vicinity. The officers discovered 10 subjects inside the residence as well as a firearm. Responding Border Patrol agents determined nine of the subjects at the residence were illegally in the United States and took them into custody. The remaining subject, a juvenile United States citizen, was arrested by the McAllen Police Department for the discharge of the firearm.

No injuries were reported.

Border Patrol agents are increasingly encountering armed subjects during the commission of smuggling activity as firearms are discovered on a weekly basis. So far this fiscal year, Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector have seized more than 100 firearms that were discovered during the commission of a crime, a nearly twofold increase compared to the same time period as last year.

The public is encouraged to take a stand against crime in their communities and report suspicious activity at 800-863-9382.

Even with the spread of the COVID-19 virus, human smugglers continue to try these brazen attempts with zero regard for the lives they endanger nor to the health of the citizens of our great nation.  The U.S. Border Patrol agents of the Rio Grande Valley Sector will continue to safeguard the nation and community against these criminal elements.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between official ports of entry. CBP is charged with securing the borders of the United States while enforcing hundreds of laws and facilitating lawful trade and travel.

Last Modified: Feb 03, 2021