Illegal Alien Mob Attacks Agents Near Border, BP Says
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Mob Attacks Agents Near Border, BP Says
People threw rocks and bottles at U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Tijuana River Valley Sunday after an agent deployed pepper spray balls into a crowd of more than 100 people who illegally crossed the border.
Posted by Khari Johnson (Editor) , November 25, 2013 at 04:50 PM
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Originally published 4:02 p.m. Nov. 25.
U.S. Border Patrol agents working in the Tijuana River Valley Sunday were assaulted when more than 100 people illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and began to throw rocks and bottles, the federal agency said in a press release Monday.
The crowd crossed the border around 2 p.m. less than a mile from the San Ysidro Port of Entry and headed toward an agent who told the group to stop. When they ignored his demand the agent used a PepperBall Launcher System.
"The crowd failed to respond appropriately," the statement said. "Numerous agents responded to the scene as the crowd became increasingly unruly and began throwing rocks and bottles."
Mexican authorities were contacted as agents continued to deploy pepper spray balls. Eventually the crowd dispersed.
"While attacks on border patrol agents are not uncommon, the agents showed great restraint when faced with the dangers of this unusually large group, and fortunately no one was seriously injured," said San Diego Sector Chief Patrol Agent Paul Beeson.
No arrests were made.
"This is something i've never seen before," said agent Timothy Hamill. "Apparently they came north, threw a bunch of stuff at agents and went back south."
No agents were hospitalized, Hamill said. It is not known if people involved in the altercation who went back south of the border were hospitalized.
http://imperialbeach.patch.com/groups/police-and-fire/p/mob-attacks-agents-near-border-bp-says-tijuana-river-valley
Crowd of 100 Illegal Aliens Attack U.S. Border Patrol, Mexican Authorities Let Them G
Crowd of 100 Illegal Aliens Attack U.S. Border Patrol, Mexican Authorities Let Them Go
by Brandon Darby 26 Nov 2013, 1:46 PM PDT
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A group of 100 Mexican nationals illegally crossed into the United States and attacked U.S. Border Patrol Agents with rocks and bottles, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP).
The violent group was allowed to run back into Mexico and were permitted to disperse by Mexican authorities without being arrested or otherwise suffering any consequences for their brutal attacks on U.S. law enforcement.
The attack occurred in southern California on November 24, 2013. According to the official CBP press release:
… more than 100 people illegally crossed the International Border from Mexico one-quarter-mile west of the San Ysidro Port of Entry in the Tijuana River channel. The group advanced toward a Border Patrol agent positioned one-eighth of a mile north of the border. The agent ordered the group to stop. The group ignored his commands and continued to advance. The agent deployed his PepperBall Launcher System, an intermediate use-of-force device, in an effort to stop the group and protect himself. The crowd failed to respond appropriately...
Numerous agents responded to the scene as the crowd became increasingly unruly and began throwing rocks and bottles. The crowd struck several agents in the arms and legs with rocks; one agent was hit in the head with a filled water bottle. Agents deployed several intermediate use-of-force devices and Mexican law enforcement authorities were contacted. The use of intermediate use-of-force devices eventually caused the group to return to Mexico and disperse.
The CBP also stated: “No one was arrested and no one was able to continue north.”
This large-scale incursion and attack on U.S. soil thankfully occurred in an area where a large number of Border Patrol agents were available for back up. A recent effort by open-borders groups to prevent Border Patrol agents from defending themselves in such circumstances failed. They argued that Border Patrol agents should not be allowed to respond with deadly force to being attacked with improvised weapons like rocks and bottles, even if the Border patrol agent was alone and outnumbered in a desolate area where their radios often do not work.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...v-Lets-Them-Go
