A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent and a suspected smuggler have died after a shootout off Puerto Rico’s coast, authorities say.
Federal agents wait for news of their injured colleagues outside the Rio Piedras Medical Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Thursday.A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent and a suspected smuggler were dead Friday after a shootout off Puerto Rico’s coast, authorities said. Two other CBP agents were also injured in the gunfire, they said.
"Our hearts are heavy today due to the death and injury of Marine Interdiction Agents following an exchange of gunfire suspected smugglers off the Puerto Rican coast," Troy Miller, acting CBP commissioner said in a"We’re working with partners to ensure those responsible are brought to justice and will share info as we are able," Miller said.
CBP’s Air and Marine Operations unit was on a routine patrol when shots were fired about 12 miles off the coast of Cabo Rojo at around 8 a.m. local time ,A CBP agent was fatally shot, while one of at least two suspected smugglers also died, CBP spokesman Jeffrey Quiñones said,
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