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A shooter, armed with a rifle and wearing tactical gear, tried an ambush of U.S. Border Patrol agents at a facility in McAllen, Texas, and was shot and killed, authorities reported.
"The Department [of Justice] has zero tolerance for assaults on federal officers or property and will bring the full weight of the law against those responsible," explained Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.
Police reported the shooter wounded one officer, but he was in stable condition.
The dead man was identified as Ryan Louis Mosqueda, and reports revealed no known motive yet.
But they said it was a "targeted" attack on federal officers.
A report at the Washington Examiner explained border czar Tom Homan said on Fox News that attacks on ICE officers increased since last year by 690% as of July 4.
He blamed, in part, leftist rhetoric constantly being unleashed by opponents of President Donald Trump who are in Congress.
"We have senators, we have congresspeople, that compare ICE to the Nazis, compare ICE to racists, and it just continues. The public thinks, 'well if a member of Congress can attack ICE, why can't we,'" he said.
From Jan. 21 to June 20 of last year there were 10 attacks on ICE agents, the report said. This year during the same time, there have been 79.
