The Orange Walk Mobile Interdiction Team report that they received a tip claiming that some smugglers were bringing contraband over to Santa Cruz Village via Botes.
Upon arrival, they found 7 men unloading what appeared to be sacks of onion from a boat but when they attempted to get close someone began shooting at them from across the Rio Hondo River.
While members of the Mobile Interdiction Team began to return fire, two of the smugglers jumped into the Rio Hondo River and swam back to the Mexican side of the border meanwhile the remaining 5 men jumped back into the boat and managed to escape.
No injuries have been reported.
