Man Charged with Assault after Trying to Run Over Border Patrol Agent

Last Update: 4/10 9:10 pm

CAMERON COUNTY - A man accused of trying to run down a border patrol agent last fall is now sitting in the Carrialez-Rucker Detention Center.

Esequiel Juan Carvajal is charged with assaulting a public servant.

Cameron County sheriff's investigators tell us he tried to use his car to run over a border patrol agent. The agent quickly fired a weapon, wounding the suspected smuggler.

Carvajal swam back to Mexico, but the sheriff says they were able to recover DNA evidence. He was arrested when he returned to the Valley. He also faces several other charges.

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