CBS News Reporter Sees Illegal Border Crossing, Gets Threatened

A Border Patrol agent at the U.S.-Mexico border fence in San Luis, Ariz., on Nov. 17, 2016. The U.S. government built triple fencing to deter illegal immigrants and smugglers who previously easily crossed the border there. John Moore/Getty Images

A CBS News reporter said he was threatened by a human smuggler along the U.S.-Mexico border after he filmed a smuggling operation.

David Begnaud and his crew caught the smugglers on camera near Roma, Texas, along the Rio Grande. In the segment, he saw a man using a raft smuggling people across the river near the official port of entry, where dozens of armed guards are stationed.