GUNSHOTS EXCHANGED IN REMOTE BORDER AREA

A U.S. Border Patrol agent exchanged fire with a gunman Saturday in the
same area where an agent was fired upon two months ago.

A Border Patrol spokesman, Ryan Scudder, confirmed the Saturday incident
but provided few details, deferring to the investigating agencies.

Scudder said the agent fired on someone during the incident and that the
agent was fired upon. No one was hit during the exchange, which took place
near Papago Farms, a village in the southwestern Tohono O'odham Nation.

The agent and gunman were both north of the U.S.-Mexican border, Scudder said.

The Tohono O'odham police conducted an initial investigation of the
incident, then turned the case over to the FBI.

On May 17, a Border Patrol agent working near Papago Farms reported being
fired upon by Mexican soldiers in a military vehicle. The Mexican
government denied there were any soldiers in the area.

That shooting came a few hours after a pair of incidents in the same area:
A Tohono O'odham police ranger reported being chased by Mexican soldiers,
and U.S. Customs Service agents seizing a ton of marijuana.