Mexican Border Gunfight - FBI Andy Ledger Special Agent - Illegal Alien Drug Smugglers - Gunfight Customs Border Patrol and FBI take fire at U.S. Mexican Border -

Andy Ledger FBI Special Agent knew all about this lonely section of the U.S. and Mexican border. He was no more than 100 feet away from the brass boundary market at the border and he was scanning for illegal aliens when his radio barked and crackled.

The Customs and Border Patrol Agent gave Andy Ledger a dirty look as the radio was too loud as the agent squatted behind a dried out desert bush trying his best to hide.

The agent was also scanning the border area with high powered military grade glasses but the silent vigil was broken by the radio noise that seemed to get louder in this lonely part of the New Mexican desert.

The tip received said the smuggler would be taking a few dozen illegal aliens across the U.S. border tonight so Andy and his Border Patrol Agent had been observing for several hours, nothing.

They watched and waited but the radio sound disturbed their silent night as Andy got up on one knee and talked into his hand held device.

Before a word could be spoken Andy and the Patrol Agent heard the rifle shot as the bullet came purring too close to call.  Cautiously they both took cover behind a good sized crop of rocks as more rifle shots were heard and bullets started to bounce around them.

Andy was talking on the radio informing central command that they were under fire as the bullets become louder and closer.

The Border Patrol Agent had pulled his pistol out and was waiting for something to shoot at as he simply pointed his pistol toward the darkness.

Central Command advised Andy Ledger that electronic sensors had picked up movement one hundred yards to their south and the group was approaching the border.  Central had tried by radio to warn Andy but the shots and the words arrived at the same time.

Andy advised Central that they were taking fire from the South and he could see graceful arcs of lights searching for their position.  The smugglers were sitting on top of a hill on the Mexico side and their powerful lights were moving around looking for targets.

Andy saw a rifle flash to his right and the bullet hit the cactus only a couple of feet away.  Quickly they both moved and despite their efforts at hiding the Mexicans kept searching with their lights and fired several rifle shots.  The smugglers received tens of thousands of dollars to move the illegal aliens across the border but even more moving narcotics in small boxes inside back packs.