Border Patrol: A group of about 100 attempting to enter U.S. illegally assaults agents

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Several agents were struck
Article author: 
Susan Shroder
Article publisher: 
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Article date: 
25 November 2013
Article category: 
National News
Tags: 
Border Patrol
Mexico
illegal immigration
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A group of about 100 people attempting to cross the border illegally Sunday threw rocks and bottles at U.S. Border Patrol agents who used a pepper ball launcher to force the crowd back into Mexico, federal officials said Monday.

No one was seriously injured, no shots were fired and no arrests were made, said Mary Beth Caston, a Border Patrol spokeswoman ...

“Numerous agents responded to the scene as the crowd became increasingly unruly and began throwing rocks and bottles,” Caston said.

Several agents were struck in the arms and legs with rocks, and one agent was hit in the head with a filled water bottle, she said ...

 

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