SWAT teams dispatched as gun battle unfolds near Escobares[South Texas/Mexico Spillover]

SWAT teams dispatched as gun battle unfolds near Escobares[South Texas/Mexico Spillover]

The Monitor ^ | November 08, 2011 | Ildefonso Ortiz and Jared Taylor

Posted on Tuesday, November 08, 2011 3:37:38 PM by SwinneySwitch

ESCOBARES — Fifteen gunmen crossed the Rio Grande into the U.S. near a shootout between the Mexican military and a group of gunmen was taking place.

Several area SWAT teams were responding about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday to a ranch near Escobares, just across the U.S.-Mexico border where a shootout broke out south of the Rio Grande.

The shootout reportedly began shortly after noon but details were not readily available. Residents on the U.S. side reported seeing members of the U.S. Border Patrol and Starr County Sheriff’s Office near the border securing the area.