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Doctor says injured man looks beaten

By Tony Manolatos and Angelica Martinez
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITERS
February 4, 2006

A Mexican national hospitalized in intensive care says a Border Patrol agent beat him so badly that the assault punctured his lung.

A Border Patrol official said the agency is investigating whether agents used excessive force while arresting the man early Wednesday in San Ysidro.

The man's doctors think they know what happened.

“Law enforcement probably overdid it with this man,â€