A Border Patrol agent  in southern New Mexico was shot by suspected smugglers, who were inside a vehicle, on Thursday.
When a Border Patrol agent stopped a vehicle at 11:25 a.m. he was shot multiple times on his bulletproof vest. The agent returned fire and the vehicle fled north of Hachita, according to a press release from authorities, quoted by The Albuquerque Journal.
A few miles down the road, the vehicle rolled over and crashed. Six people were taken into custody, two were transferred to an El Paso hospital.
The agent, assigned to Lordsburg station in New Mexico, was medically examined and released….