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Two Mexican nationals pleaded responsible on Thursday to assaulting a Border Patrol agent in Texas, the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace mentioned.
In line with the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace, District of New Mexico, Jose Maria Reyes-Fuentes, 23, and his brother Juventino Darinel Reyes-Fuentes, 29, each Mexican nationals, had struck a Border Patrol Agent from the Santa Teresa Patrol Station who tried to arrest them on Aug. 20, 2023.
Juventino Darinel and Jose Maria will stay in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.
They resist eight years in jail.
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Jose Maria Reyes-Fuentes, 23, and his brother Juventino Darinel Reyes-Fuentes, 29, each Mexican nationals, had struck a Border Patrol Agent from the Santa Teresa Patrol Station who tried to arrest them on Aug. 20, 2023. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP through Getty Pictures)
Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Lawyer for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Particular Agent in Cost of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Discipline Workplace, mentioned the altercation occurred when a Border Patrol agent started pursuing a gaggle of 5 to seven migrants who had been using on an all-terrain car.
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“After a short search, the agent positioned Juventino Darinel hiding in a bush. The agent pulled Juventino Darniel out of the bush and commenced to handcuff him,” the Lawyer’s Workplace mentioned. “After the agent had positioned the primary handcuff on, however earlier than the agent had accomplished securing him, Juventino Darinel started to withstand the agent. In the course of the ensuing wrestle, Juventino Darinel shouted, at which period Jose Maria rose up roughly 20 yards away and ran in direction of the agent with a stick.”
Different brokers had been in a position to proceed to trace the ATV, finally finding it on the backside of a mesa. Juventino Darinel and Jose Maria had been noticed by a Border Patrol helicopter and had been subsequently arrested. (HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP through Getty Pictures)
“The agent disengaged from Juventino Darinel, drew his obligation weapon, and commanded Jose Maria to cease in Spanish. Juventino Darinel then tackled the agent and climbed on prime of him. Whereas he was on the bottom, Jose Maria made contact with the agent throughout the altercation. The agent felt Juventino Darinel attain for his weapon and commanded him to cease in Spanish once more. The agent then fired his weapon at Juventino Darniel’s leg. The firearm malfunctioned and the agent misplaced management of the weapon.”
The 2 then disengaged from the agent and drove into the desert.
The Santa Teresa Patrol Station is positioned simply west of El Paso, Texas, which is instantly throughout the U.S.-Mexico border from Ciudad Juárez. (HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP through Getty Pictures)
Different brokers had been in a position to proceed to trace the ATV, finally finding it on the backside of a mesa. Juventino Darinel and Jose Maria had been noticed by a Border Patrol helicopter and had been subsequently arrested.
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The Las Cruces Resident Company of the Federal Bureau of Investigation appeared into this case. The U.S. Border Patrol additionally assisted.
Assistant U.S. Lawyer Matthew Ramirez is prosecuting the case.
The Santa Teresa Patrol Station is positioned simply west of El Paso, Texas, which is instantly throughout the U.S.-Mexico border from Ciudad Juárez.
