The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has confirmed that border agents were fired upon from the Mexican side of the border.On Monday, Te

A group of suspected Mexican cartel members fired shots at U.S. Border Patrol agents on Monday afternoon as a group of migrants attempted to cross the Rio Grande. (CREDIT: Texas DPS Lt. Chris Olivarez

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

A gunshot was fired from the southern side of the U.S.-Mexico border toward U.S. Border Patrol agents, and multiple shots were returned by U.S. authorities into Mexico, according to federal and state law enforcement officials sources with firsthand knowledge of the situation.