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Texas Border Patrol capturing suspect recognized as assaults on brokers surge

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Particulars concerning the shooter who opened fireplace on Border Patrol brokers at an annex in McAllen, Texas, Monday stay scant days later as assaults in opposition to federal immigration officers are on the rise. 

Authorities recognized Ryan Louis Mosqueda, 27, because the suspect Monday, confirming Mosqueda was killed on the scene. 

“Each Border Patrol brokers and native police helped neutralize the shooter,” a Division of Homeland Safety spokesperson stated Monday. “Two officers and a Border Patrol worker have been injured, together with one shot within the knee. All three have gone to the hospital. That is an ongoing investigation led by the FBI.”

SHOOTER WHO OPENED FIRE ON BORDER PATROL AGENTS IN SOUTH TEXAS IDENTIFIED BY POLICE CHIEF

However the motive of the shooter nonetheless stays unknown, and McAllen, Texas, Police Chief Victor Rodriguez didn’t have any extra info to share with reporters throughout a information convention Monday about why Mosqueda opened fireplace on the brokers. 

The McAllen, Texas, Police Division didn’t instantly reply to a Fox Information Digital request for extra particulars. 

Particulars concerning the shooter who opened fireplace on Border Patrol brokers at an annex in McAllen, Texas, July 7, 2025, stay scant days later, and assaults in opposition to federal immigration officers are on the rise.   (iStock)

Rodriguez stated the gunman fired off “many dozens” of rounds at Customs and Border Safety’s McAllen, Texas, station. Mosqueda is affiliated with a Michigan handle, and his automobile had Michigan license plates. 

Nevertheless, Rodriguez stated Mosqueda was reported lacking from an handle in Weslaco, Texas, lower than 20 miles away, and that “an hour and some minutes later he was at this explicit location, opening fireplace on a federal constructing.”

Mosqueda’s brother, Joe, instructed Detroit’s WDIV Native he’d by no means witnessed his brother talk about immigration points or Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) however stated he suspected he was coping with undiagnosed psychological well being challenges. 

“Out of the blue,” Joe Mosqueda instructed the outlet. “I don’t know if he was deliberately focusing on, I don’t know. I imagine it was psychological well being points.”

Joe Mosqueda or different members of the family couldn’t be instantly reached for remark by e mail or cellphone calls by Fox Information Digital. 

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The FBI and the Division of Homeland Safety didn’t reply to a request for remark from Fox Information Digital.  

The Division of Homeland Safety reported earlier in July that assaults in opposition to ICE officers and different federal immigration brokers have risen practically 700% in comparison with 2024. Whereas the company reported 10 assault incidents between Jan. 1, 2024, and June 30, 2024, that quantity rose to 79 reported assaults in the identical time-frame in 2025. 

Different current episodes of violence in opposition to legislation enforcement embrace one other capturing close to ICE’s Prairieland Detention Facility Friday, the place a Texas police officer was shot within the neck. The Justice Division introduced Tuesday that 10 people face prices within the capturing. 

The White Home has urged Democrats to cut back language towards federal immigration officers after the capturing and different comparable cases of violence. 

Karoline Leavitt taking questions at the White House on June 30

The White Home and press secretary Karoline Leavitt have urged Democrats to cut back language towards federal immigration officers after the capturing and different comparable cases of violence.  (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

“We actually name on Democrats to tone down their rhetoric in opposition to ICE and Border Patrol brokers, who, once more, are on a regular basis women and men,” White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt instructed reporters Monday.

“These are honorable Individuals who’re simply merely attempting to do their job to implement the legislation. They go dwelling to their households each evening, identical to all of us do, they usually deserve respect and dignity for attempting to implement our nation’s immigration legal guidelines and to take away public security threats from our communities.” 

Lawmakers, together with Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., have issued harsh statements about ICE in current weeks. Jayapal accused ICE of appearing “like a terrorist power” in June and defended her feedback in a July 2 interview with CNN after the White Home demanded an apology from the lawmaker.

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Lawmakers, together with Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., have issued harsh statements towards ICE in current weeks.  (Getty Photographs)

Rep. Michael Visitor, R-Miss., who oversees the Home Homeland Safety committee’s subcommittee on border safety and enforcement, stated in an announcement Wednesday to Fox Information Digital that “radical anti-law enforcement rhetoric” has prompted the uptick in crime in opposition to federal immigration officers. 

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“This harmful rhetoric from the far left jeopardizes the security of our women and men in inexperienced. Violence in opposition to legislation enforcement is not going to be tolerated,” Inexperienced stated. “The Committee on Homeland Safety is in shut contact with DHS regarding this assault on our legislation enforcement, and we’ll assist the FBI’s investigation into the person accountable and their motives.”

Fox Information’ Peter Pinedo contributed to this report. 

Diana Stancy is a politics reporter with Fox Information Digital overlaying the White Home. 

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