Illegal immigrant from Mexico gets 70 months in prison for attacking Border Patrol agent with flashlight
By Melissa Leon | Fox News
An illegal immigrant from Mexico was sentenced to 70 months in prison after attacking a Border Patrol agent with a flashlight earlier this year, the Justice Department said Monday.
Melecio Lopez-Hernandez, 39, encountered a Border Patrol agent in the brush near Freer, Texas, on Feb. 7. The agent tried to detain him but Lopez-Hernandez struggled, grabbed the agent's flashlight from his vest, verbally threatened him and then hit him in the head with the light, according to the Justice Department.
The agent sustained injuries and Lopez-Hernandez was arrested. He pleaded guilty on April 30.
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