The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) confirmed that border agents were fired upon from the Mexican side of the border. On Monday, Texas DPS Lieutenant Olivarez confirmed that shots were fired from inside Mexico toward a group of Border Patrol agents on Fronton Island.

FRONTON, Texas — Border Patrol agents reportedly were shot at by members of cartel in Mexico on Monday while patrolling the border, officials say. The incident was reported around 1:30 p.m. Monday in Fronton, Texas in Starr County.

According to reports, there were no injuries in the incident near Fronton Island, an uninhabited island in Starr County, Texas.

U.S. Border Patrol agents exchanged gunfire with suspected cartel members at the Texas-Mexico border on Monday afternoon.