A Mexican migrant who illegally entered the U.S. in Arizona on January 6 pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to attempting to kill a Border Patrol agent.
The migrant pointed the agent’s gun at him, slashed at the agent with a knife, and attempted to gouge out his eyes.
In the plea agreement, reviewed by Breitbart Texas, Marquez-Jimenez said he knew the man he attacked was a Border Patrol agent. He said he tackled the agent while the agent attempted to place handcuffs on another migrant being arrested. “At one point I tried to turn the gun towards [the agent]. I then tried to gouge Agent [redacted]’s eyes by pressing my fingers into his eye sockets,” Marquez-Jimenez continued. He said the agent turned face down and he was on top of the agent.
Marquez-Jimenez said the agent eventually got control of the knife and he fled from the agent. Other agents apprehended him a short time later. The agent sustained a cut to his hand during the struggle.