U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Monday that officers confiscated more than $1.4 million worth of cocaine in two seizures at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Border Patrol agents were fired upon Monday in the remote Starr County town of Fronton, Texas, Border Report has been told.

On Monday, Texas DPS Lieutenant Olivarez confirmed that shots were fired from inside Mexico toward a group of Border Patrol agents on Fronton Island. According to a CBP statement, at approximately 1:29 p.m., border patrol agents reported shots fired in Fronton, Texas.

Only minutes after being sworn in as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump praised Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security policies and promised Texas would have support from Washington now that he was in office.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced he is directing the Texas Department of Public Safety to deploy "tactical strike teams" to help with Homeland Security operations.