Border Patrol Agents Reportedly Shot At From Mexico After Report Claiming Cartels Were Offering $10,000 Bounties

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents were shot at twice while patrolling the southern border, according to a new report. The development comes after another report detailing that cartels were offering $10,000 bounties to people shooting at agents.

Border Report noted that the incidents took place in the span of a few hours. The first one happened near the Big Red X monument in Juarez. The shots didn't hit any agents and it isn't clear whether they crossed the border.

The second incident happened west of the Paso del Norte international bridge and were aimed at agents seeking to apprehend a group of migrants and their guides. After the second case, Mexican officers surrounded a neighborhood where they thought the shooters were hiding. There were no arrests reported.

El Paso Sector Chief Patrol Agent Anthony Good confirmed one of his agents confirmed being shot at. No agents fired their weapons. "We take any threat or act of violence against our Border Patrol agents with the utmost seriousness," Good added. "Such violence will not be tolerated, those responsible will be relentlessly pursued and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

NewsNation had reported last week that cartels are are offering $10,000 to people who shoot at border patrol agents at the southern border.

Concretely, Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley Sector said it received information about a "coordinated attack" where cartels were offering such amounts to people who "engage in shootings at" officers.

"Additional reporting suggests that assailants may wear Mexican military uniforms to avoid raising suspicion while carrying long arms or machine guns," reads a passage of the alert.

"While this threat specifically pertains to the RGV Sector, it reflects heightened cartel frustrations that could extend across the southwest border," it adds.

As a result, the document adds, "agents should remain aware of the potential threat and maintain heightened vigilance of their surroundings while conducting operations."

The development comes shortly after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claimed to be aware of $50,000 bounties for the assassination of senior officials. The organizations also offered between $5,000 and $10,000 for kidnappings or non-lethal assaults, and $2,000 for doxxing or gathering intelligence on agents.

The department said the bounty system is part of "an organized campaign of terror against federal law enforcement."

"These criminal networks are not just resisting the rule of law — they are waging an organized campaign of terror against the brave men and women who protect our borders and communities," said DHS Secretary Kristi Noem in the agency's statement. "Our agents are facing ambushes, drone surveillance, and death threats, all because they dare to enforce the laws passed by Congress. We will not back down from these threats, and every criminal, terrorist, and illegal alien will face American justice."

According to the department, cartel-linked networks have deployed "spotters" — individuals stationed on rooftops in neighborhoods such as Chicago's Pilsen and Little Village — who are equipped with firearms and radio communications to track the real-time movements of ICE and CBP agents.