BREAKING: U.S. CBP Chopper Down at Texas Border, Fired on from Mexico

Breitbart Texas has learned that a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helicopter was shot down or forced to initiate an emergency landing in Laredo, Texas due to receiving gunfire from the Mexican side of the border.

BRANDON DARBY REPORT: BREITBART TEXAS

The helicopter was interdicting a narcotics load and working alongside agents from the U.S. Border Patrol, who operate under the umbrella of the CBP. The helicopter was operating in the Laredo Sector of Texas, immediately across the border from the Los Zetas cartel headquarters of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico.

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BREAKING: US CBP Chopper Down at Texas Border, Fired on from Mexico

EDITORS NOTE: The column originally appeared on AllenBWest.com.

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