Border agents assaulted after encountering armed Mexican nationals
Posted: Monday, October 10, 2016 8:50 am | Updated: 8:53 am, Mon Oct 10, 2016.
Staff Reports
TUCSON - Southern Arizona Border Patrol agents have had to deal with an uptick in assaults, and apprehending drug traffickers, sex offenders and human smugglers as the weather has cooled down.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents were assaulted during separate incidents just hours apart, authorities said.
Agents assigned to the Special Operations Detachment, working in a remote area west of Tucson late Sept. 28, encountered two Mexican nationals armed with rifles. While attempting to arrest the individuals, one subject ran. When an agent caught up with the subject, an altercation ensued and a second agent had to assist in subduing the subject. One agent suffered a dislocated shoulder during the altercation. Agents also seized four weapons during the encounter.
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