Nothing new. 
Mex criminals and smugglers have been 
shooting at sheriff's and BP agents since 
forever. Both Bill Jordan and Charles Askins jr
wrote about being on the wrong end of 
a gun during their Border Patrol days. 
BP agents and law enforcement have been 
shot at,  shot, and killed forever. 
It's like everything else. It doesn't fit the 
narrative to let people know about it. 
It took 2 state governors shipping the 
problem children to the far corners of the 
nation to people's neighborhoods so 
they could get an eyeball view and 
experience the problem firsthand that 
southern border states have been dealing 
with forever