Three U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents were wounded Thursday off the coast of Puerto Rico in a shootout with people onboard a suspected smuggling vessel
agent was killed and two were wounded Thursday off the coast of Puerto Rico in a shootout with people onboard a suspected smuggling vessel.
A person aboard the suspected smuggling vessel also died as a result of the shooting, said Jeffrey Quiñones, a spokesperson for CBP. The shooting, which took place about 14 miles off the coast of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, started at about 8 a.m. after the agents approached the vessel and two people aboard it started to shoot, Mr. Quiñones said. The agents then returned fire.
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