CBP Agent Shoots Attacking Suspect During Arrest

A Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agent shot and killed a suspected illegal alien Nov. 29 when the suspect attacked another agent while being arrested in the Baboquivari Mountain Range near Three Points, Ariz.

CBP agents were following a group of suspects after they triggered sensors in the rugged mountain region, about 21 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border.

“One of the subjects attacked an agent attempting to arrest him and gained control of the agent’s weapon,” said Chief Patrol Agent Rodolfo Karisch in a statement released by CBP. “The other agent shot the subject in response.”

Agents arrested three other male Guatemalan nationals who were part of the group on immigration charges. One agent was hospitalized for non-life threatening injuries after the encounter.

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