YumaSun.com
Traffickers of people and drugs have become progressively more violent, said Michael Gramley, Yuma sector Border Patrol public relations officer.
And last weekend was no exception.
Yuma-area Border Patrol agents and San Luis, Ariz., police were shot at, hit with rocks and nearly rammed with a vehicle during a weekend of violence and mayhem.
An agent was injured Sunday at about 10:30 p.m. when he was struck in the back of the head with a rock. Agents were attempting to apprehend a group of 17 suspected illegal aliens near the San Luis, Ariz., sewer plant, according to the Border Patrol.
The injured agent sustained a large laceration, and was transported to Yuma Regional Medical Center, where he was treated and released. The 17 people escaped into Mexico.
Posted by Suzanne at August 16, 2005