Two US border agents killed

Austin - Two US Border Patrol agents were killed yesterday and a sheriff's deputy was seriously injured in an early-morning shootout…

Austin - Two US Border Patrol agents were killed yesterday and a sheriff's deputy was seriously injured in an early-morning shootout in a south Texas border town.

The shooting by semi-automatic weapon, occurred as the agents were helping local police chase a suspect sought in connection with the fatal shooting of two women about 20 miles north of the Mexican border.

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