The Border Patrol agent shot on Tuesday was attacked by “multiple assailants,” Tucson Sector officials stated. An update released Wednesday by the sector chief confirms much of the original reporting from Tuesday by Breitbart Texas.
A Border Patrol agent has been shot in the Tucson Sector. Breitbart Texas learned of the shooting from sources and Border Patrol officials later confirmed the incident.
A person attempting to avoid detection at a Tucson Sector Border Patrol immigration checkpoint led agents on a pursuit. After stopping one time, the driver fled again and hit a Border Patrol vehicle, nearly striking an agent.
U.S. Border Patrol agents came under attack as they attempted to stop a group of marijuana smugglers from bringing their load into the U.S. The agents seized 87 pounds as a result near Brownsville, Texas.
A migrant support group is making claims about Wednesday’s incident where a Laredo Sector Border Patrol agent shot and killed an illegal immigrant before the facts of the case are known. The group claims it condemns “the use of lethal force against any immigrant crossing the border.”
Laredo Sector Border Patrol officials say one of their agents shot and killed an illegal immigrant after the agent came under attack.
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Yuma Sector arrested a previously deported Mexican national after he reportedly brandished a knife and made threats against an agent. The agent used his sidearm to control and defuse the situation.
An injured Border Patrol agent insisted on treating the illegal alien who attacked him before receiving treatment for his own bleeding head wound. The Honduran national fought with the agent and bashed his head against a rock before eventually being subdued by reinforcements.
Texas sheriff’s investigators say an attacker struck a Border Patrol agent multiple times with a metal object before the agent discharged his duty weapon. The off-duty agent shot and killed his attacker in an apparent case of self-defense.
A Guatemalan man will spend five years in a U.S. prison after he assaulted a Border Patrol agent in Uvalde, Texas. The agent suffered a concussion after the man pounded his head against a train car.
An illegal immigrant from Guatemala now faces charges of assaulting a Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent on Thursday. The alleged assault came shortly after the foreign national illegally crossed the border from Mexico.
A 17-year-old male Mexican national allegedly assaulted a Border Patrol agent near Vamori in Pima County, Arizona, not far from the Mexican border. This is the third reported attack against agent in Arizona this week.
U.S . Attorney General Jeff Sessions led a delegation of officials and law enforcement officers to join the family of deceased Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez to honor his life. The funeral mass for Agent Martinez was held at a Catholic church in El Paso, Texas on Saturday afternoon.
An illegal immigrant from Mexico allegedly assaulted a U.S. Border Patrol agent assigned to the Tucson Sector on Friday morning.
The Office of Texas Governor Greg Abbott is offering $20,000 for information on the death of a Border Patrol agent in Texas. One agent was killed and one agent left hospitalized in serious condition after an event on the morning of November, 19, 2017. Border Patrol agents are saying that their brother in service was murdered, though federal agencies are refusing to release any additional information on what occurred.
One Border Patrol agent is dead and his partner left hospitalized in serious condition in the Big Bend Sector of Texas. The FBI is leading the investigation while Border Patrol Special Operations agents and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations aircrews are currently searching the area for possible attackers.
Despite promises from U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, officials say an illegal alien who sent a Border Patrol agent to the hospital with a concussion is not being prosecuted for assaulting a federal agent. Agents previously told Breitbart Texas this is one of the contributing factors to Border Patrol agents being the most assaulted federal law enforcement officers.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent is hospitalized following an incident where an illegal immigrant allegedly ran a checkpoint, striking the agent with a steel roadway sign. The illegal alien sped through the checkpoint and fled to apparently avoid inspection. Two others were in the car.
Criminal aliens assaulted Border Patrol agents 25 times in the month of June, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials reported. Since the beginning of this fiscal year, 583 have faced violence.
Three U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the San Diego Sector came under assault in separate incidents on Wednesday evening. These attacks add to the already alarming increase in attacks.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent assigned to the Yuma Sector in southern California sustained minor injuries after being assaulted by people on the Mexican side of the boundary throwing large rocks.
Unknown cartel gunmen operating in a known drug smuggling corridor in Southern Arizona fired multiple shots at an on-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent overnight. Breitbart Texas has been able to confirm that the shots struck the agent’s vehicle. The federal law enforcement official was not struck by the gunfire.
Nearly 150 U.S. Border Patrol agents have been assaulted during the first two months of the new fiscal year which began October 1. The number represents an increase of more than 230 percent over the same period in FY 2016.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot an illegal immigrant after the agent was assaulted near the Arizona border with Mexico. The agent responded at about 8 p.m. on Friday to the area where two suspected illegal aliens had crossed the border from Mexico. When he arrived at the scene, the agent encountered two adult males, according to information obtained from U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials by Breitbart Texas.
Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector were assaulted by rock-throwing foreign nationals for the second time in a week.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was assaulted by an illegal alien he was attempting an arrest in southern California. The assault on the agent assigned to the Calexico Station caused an injury to his eye socket.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was assaulted with a concrete block while responding to an alarm detecting an illegal alien crossing the border. The agent was not seriously injured in the attack.
An illegal alien was arrested after allegedly assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent in New Mexico.
MCALLEN, Texas — Attacks on border patrol agents continue to take place along the Texas border as illegal aliens try to fight with authorities in an effort to elude capture. During a week’s period, two U.S. Border Patrol agents have been attacked while trying to arrest illegal aliens crossing into the country.
Two Salvadoran illegal aliens received light sentences following their conviction for assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent last year.
The Mexican government has issued a statement calling out the recent actions taken by a U.S. Border Patrol Agent who shot an illegal alien in self-defense during a brutal attack. Breitbart Texas broke the news on Friday morning that a Border Patrol agent from the Yuma Sector in Arizona had been forced to shoot one illegal alien after having to fight for his life while attempting to apprehend a group of three illegals immigrants.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was assaulted during an operation that led to the arrest of two men who are now accused of being scouts for human and narcotics smugglers.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was nearly struck by a vehicle being operated by an alleged drug smuggler in southern Arizona. The suspect was stopped after a 30-mile pursuit on two tires.
A federal jury in Del Rio has returned a guilty verdict against Carl Wayne Wiley for the attempted murder of a Border Patrol Agent in 2014. At the time, Wiley was wanted for Murder in his hometown of Mildland, Texas.
While many Americans had just finished a Thanksgiving dinner with family, a U.S. Border Patrol agent was reportedly assaulted and injured by an illegal alien who had just crossed the border from Mexico. The illegal alien has been charged in McAllen, Texas.
A man caught smuggling fourteen illegal aliens into southern California struck a U.S. Border Patrol agent in the face with a rock. He then managed to escape back into Mexico.
Armored Blackhawk helicopters have arrived at the Texas border with Mexico in response to the recent attack on a U.S. helicopter from Mexican soil. As Breitbart Texas first reported, a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helicopter was participating in stopping a well-organized drug trafficking effort that involved individuals on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Shots were fired from the Mexican side on the CBP helicopter and it was forced down after sustaining damage.
MCALLEN, Texas – A previously deported human trafficker has been arrested for assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol Agent biting him numerous times during the struggle. The assault took place in a brushy area near the Sarita checkpoint when agents saw
