Body armor shields Border Patrol agent struck by gunfire
Federal authorities say a Border Patrol agent in body armor was struck by gunfire but not seriously hurt while confronting the occupants of a vehicle suspected of smuggling migrants in New Mexico SANTA FE, N.M. -- A Border Patrol agent wearing body armor was struck by gunfire but avoided serious injury Thursday while confronting the occupants of a vehicle suspected of migrant smuggling in New Mexico, federal authorities said. Six people were taken into custody after the vehicle later crashed, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. The agency added that the agent was shot in the chest multiple times and was released after a medical examination. The officer, who was not identified, had returned fire as a vehicle sped away on a rural state highway north of Hatchita. “The fleeing vehicle was involved in a rolled over accident a few miles down the road and agent s took six persons into custody,” according to the statement. It said two of those in custody were flown to a trauma cen...