Border Patrol agent dies in Puerto Rico while intervening in a boat with drugs | Video

A US Border Patrol agent died in Puerto Rico after a shooting occurred off the western coast of Puerto Rico. Elements of the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Coast Guard tried to stop a ship to seize the drugs or other illegal contraband it was transporting, which led to an armed confrontation between agents and the occupants of the vessel.

A US Border Patrol agent died in Puerto Rico after a shooting occurred off the western coast of Puerto Rico. Elements of the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Coast Guard tried to stop a ship to seize the drugs or other illegal contraband it was transporting, which led to an armed confrontation between agents and the occupants of the vessel.