Gunmen Who Shot at Texas Rancher Still at Large

The search is on for the men who shot at a South Texas rancher. State authorities in Austin believe those men were smugglers defending their loads. Deputies working the case aren't sure who the gunmen were. The ranch foreman was met by a hail of bullets on his ranch north of Laredo. His truck worked as shield taking a bulk of the gunfire and allowing him to shoot back, saving his own life. "His windshield was busted. At that point he stepped out of his vehicle and shot back with his own rifle. We don't have any injuries. At that time the vehicle drove onto the highway and left," said Assistant Chief Pete Arredondo, Webb County Sheriff's Office. The two gunmen couldn't be identified. Arredondo believes shootings on border ranches happen more than we know, they just go unreported. Romeo Uribe's farms is close to where the shooting happened. He's seeing ranchers give up and move to the relative safety a city can provide. "People are giving up their professions. Selling their land in some cases and giving up their jobs and way of life," said Uribe...more