EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – The Mexican government says it has suspended three National Guard members involved in a weekend shootout with smugglers which left two Colombian migrants dead and four more injured by gunfire. The shooting took place around 1 p.m. Saturday after soldiers on patrol encountered a pickup and an SUV near a wind farm east of Tecate, Mexico, and were fired upon, the National Guard said in a statement Sunday. Guard members returned fire and disabled one vehicle while the other got away. Soldiers detained a Mexican national and found seven Colombian migrants in the vehicle; two of them were dead on the scene and four more who were injured were taken to a public hospital in Tecate. The agency said it seized a pistol, a tactical vest and nine ammo magazines for an AR-15-style rifle that could not be located. The Guard said the area – across the border from Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. – is a known migrant smuggling corridor. The agency added that it temporarily separated from their duties the three soldiers who fired on the vehicle until all facts are known. Colombia’s Foreign Ministry identified the dead as 20-year-old Ronaldo Andres Quintero Penuelas and Vanessa Herrera Marulanda, 37. “The Government of Colombia regrets the acts of violence in Tecate, Baja California, in which a group of migrants […] got caught in the crossfire,” the ministry posted on X. It also urged its citizens in Mexico to follow safety recommendations issued by local authorities. Visit the BorderReport.com homepage for the latest exclusive stories and breaking news about issues along the U.S.-Mexico border That was an apparent reference to warnings to migrants by Mexican and U.S. authorities not to place their lives in the hands of smugglers who only care about their money but not their safety.