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Two illegal immigrants arrested for assaulting Border Patrol agent

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  • The FBI arrested two illegal immigrants from Venezuela for allegedly “pushing, dragging and punching” a Border Patrol agent.
  • The agent caught the illegal immigrants crossing the southern border into Texas last week.
  • The federal agent attempted to handcuff them and an altercation ensued. 

Two illegal immigrants from Venezuela were arrested for physically assaulting a Border Patrol agent, the FBI announced on Tuesday. The pair allegedly pushed, dragged, and punched the federal agent while being apprehended in Texas. 

The two Venezuelan nationals were identified as Kevin Escalona Gonzalez, 35, and Yuleixy Mata Fuentes, 27. They were arrested for assaulting a federal officer on Oct. 31. 

Officials said that the U.S. Border Patrol agent was notified of a group of undocumented non-citizens crossing into the United States at approximately 6:45 a.m. that day. The official did not clarify how many migrants were in the initial group. 

The federal agent followed the group into a residential area near Ascarate Park in El Paso. 

The group scattered and ran but the agent caught up to Gonzalez and Fuentes. The immigrants did not comply with his commands, according to a press release from FBI El Paso published on Tuesday. 

The agent tried to handcuff the “undocumented non-citizens” however, they allegedly resisted arrest and an altercation ensued. 

During the altercation, the agent was “pushed, dragged, and punched by the individuals,” the FBI said. 

The agent was able to gain control of them without further incident, according to the FBI.

On Nov. 1, Gonzalez and Fuentes made their initial court appearance before a U.S. Magistrate Judge. They are currently being held at the El Paso County Correctional Facility. 

“The men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol work tirelessly to keep our borders safe,” said FBI El Paso Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey R. Downey. “Assaults on Border Patrol agents or any other federal agents/officers or task force officers will not be tolerated and will be addressed swiftly by our office so they can continue to carry out their sworn duty to protect our communities.”

The FBI El Paso Field Office’s Safe Streets and Violent Crime Task Force investigated this case. It’s unclear if any other immigrants that were part of the group were caught and taken into custody.

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11 Comments

11 Comments

  1. Senior Chief

    November 11, 2022 at 6:44 am

    Where was his backup?

    • James Johnson

      November 11, 2022 at 8:06 am

      Hmmm 🤔 why don’t you ask Joe Biden and Mayorkas that question 🙋‍♂️

  2. K Sny

    November 11, 2022 at 9:04 am

    These Illegal Immigrants believe they have a RIGHT to come into our country. Why is that? Joe Biden has said the
    are all welcome. At a town hall meeting one individual asked why they are doing nothing at the border and
    Biden replied “we can accommodate 2-3 even 4 million more because we have the room. WHAT ABOUT jobs?
    Biden seems to think that they can replace Citizens and legal residents in jobs and also we, the taxpayers, need to
    support them.

    • Leslie

      November 11, 2022 at 2:03 pm

      Why arrest them? They will just be released to cause more problems on us citizens!
      Not only jobs, but housing, how many American people are homeless? These people are given money,cars,DL,phones,health care,
      while homelessness and poverty wreck our own citizens!

      I guess the people who voted for Birdbrain are OK with this treatment of American citizens, after all it gives them more time to protest
      against common sense ……..

      • Leslie

        November 11, 2022 at 2:08 pm

        Sorry, didn’t mean to insult birds! I’m sure they have more useable brains and actually use them…….

  3. Mark A A Evans Sr

    November 11, 2022 at 9:14 am

    They all should be hung for treason. Letting our country be invaded under the guise of mercy on humanity. They are breaking the backs of the American people so to maybe enforce their grip on power through the support of a foreign entity. If that isn’t the definition of treason. I hope they get their just desert.

  4. FormerMarine

    November 11, 2022 at 9:43 am

    Why get upset about two People, they just want to work, and Prizzie Bidet will have them on his new board called the Biden’s own “USA Is Done , Thank me FJB”

  5. Sean Rickman

    November 11, 2022 at 6:47 pm

    Teach them a lesson,firing squad,at least they won’t come back to AMERICA.Just more of”joey mumbles”criminal invaders.

  6. Sandra

    November 12, 2022 at 4:02 am

    Return them to their state of origin never to come back.

  7. Catherine

    November 12, 2022 at 9:59 am

    It’s easy to put down people who are struggling to survive. As they say walk in my shoes for one day, it was wrong for the 2 Venezuela immigrants to attack the border guard and they should be sent back to their country. But don’t blame all immigrants for the 2 who used violence. Instead of our system immigrants without knowledge of their reasons for fleeing. Learn about what’s happening to them in their countries. Think of the children who suffer, the parents that want a better life for their children. There are more Americans taking advantage of

  8. merle

    November 13, 2022 at 3:18 am

    According to the polls, we are in for more of the same. Sorry to inform you, Catherine, but it’s not just these two. Many arrest have been made of these illegals, that was invited by Biden and all DemoRats, of crimes from assaults to rape and murder. The blood and blame falls on Biden and his handlers.

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