The Washington Times

Increased efforts to secure the U.S.-Mexico border against illegal aliens and drug smugglers have spurred an "unprecedented" rise in violence against U.S. Border Patrol agents, particularly in the San Diego area, where more than 100 assaults have taken place in the past two months.

"The deliberate, unmitigated violence against my agents is going to stop," San Diego Sector Chief Michael J. Fisher said in announcing the deployment of a special response team of agents authorized to use less-lethal munitions "to protect and defend themselves and other agents against life-threatening assaults being perpetrated by criminals in Mexico."

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