A Border Patrol agent was wounded in a fight with a Honduran man he was trying to arrest near Sasabe, officials say.
The agent had stayed behind to arrest one of four people a group of agents had been tracking in the desert west of ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ last Thursday evening. His colleagues continued to chase three people while the agent stayed to arrest the man who had been caught, according to a news release from the Border Patrol.
During the arrest the 25-year-old Honduran man started to fight with the agent. At some point the man slammed the agent’s head into a rock, causing a bloody injury.
Other agents who heard the brawl ran back to the agent and helped apprehend the attacker.
“The injured agent, a former paramedic, evaluated the suspect and rendered medical assistance before allowing his own profusely bleeding wounds to be examined,†the news release said.
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The agency released a photo this week showing the severity of the agent’s injury. He was taken by helicopter to a ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ hospital.
The attacker and another immigrant from the group being chased were apprehended. The man who attacked the agent is facing charges for assaulting a federal officer, the news release said.
