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Yuma, Arizona -- Yuma sector U.S. Border Patrol agents were attacked four other times within hours of when an agent shot a Mexican national and killed him, according to the agency. The Border Patrol says these types of incidents are on the rise in the sector and show the frustration felt by illegal immigrant smugglers.
"This weekend we experienced an escalation in attacks in response to us gaining more and more operational control," said Border Patrol spokesman Ben Vik.
Early Sunday morning, agents were shot at by sniper-style gunfire, pelted with rocks twice and also shot at with a paintball gun. These incidents all
followed a shooting Saturday night near Andrade, California.