Border agents assaulted Sunday
Agents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection were assaulted by people throwing rocks Sunday during the arrest of two illegal immigrants near the U.S.-Mexico border in San Luis, Ariz.
The rocks failed to strike an agent, but one did shatter the window of a marked Border Patrol vehicle, according to Albert Bosco, public affairs specialist with CBP.
The federal organization reported Monday that its agents working in the Yuma sector have experienced a 43 percent increase in assaults between Oct. 1, 2006, and June 30. A total of 122 incidents were reported during the same period of last fiscal year, compared to this fiscal year's total of 174.
The rocking-throwing incident happened around noon Sunday after agents apprehended two people who had illegally entered the U.S. While agents were taking those people into custody, individuals on the Mexico side of the international boundary fence began throwing rocks toward the agents.
Bosco said the agents were able to leave the area before becoming injured or incurring more damage to their vehicle.
In an unrelated incident later Sunday evening, a trip for a Border Patrol agent to a San Luis gas station ended with the agent helping to nab a man who had allegedly just robbed a woman.
While the agent was fueling his vehicle, a woman approached screaming that she had just been robbed on Main Street, according to an agency news statement.
The agent eventually located the suspect and detained the man. The San Luis Police Department was called and took the suspect into custody.
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Darin Fenger can be reached at dfenger@yumasun.com or 539-6860.
