Los Angeles Times | September 22, 2009 | 6:55 p.m. PT --- U.S. closes border entry point with Mexico after gunfight U.S. authorities have closed the San Ysidro Port of Entry on the border with Mexico after a gunfight there earlier today. San Ysidro is the nation's busiest border crossing. Roughly 40,000 vehicles cross there daily from Mexico. Three vans loaded with suspected illegal immigrants tried to speed through the crossing Tuesday afternoon, drawing gunfire from at least two U.S. agents, authorities said. Three people in the vans and a traveler in a nearby car were injured in the failed attempt to cross into San Diego from Tijuana. About 70 people inside the vehicles were taken into custody, according to authorities. Smugglers on occasion attempt to run the port of entry but rarely in such an apparently coordinated fashion. Agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection fired their weapons at the vehicles, authorities said. Full story at: http://link.latimes.com/r/UX0Z1O/VC1Z6/2ZC8QJ/2OZ8O/HD6U61/CM/t
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