EXCLUSIVE: Border Patrol agents face off with suspected smugglers on California beach Reporting from Anna_Giaritelli.
A Republican congresswoman from a border district in Texas posted a video to social media that she said captures a fight between two"suspected smugglers" and Border Patrol agents on Imperial Beach, just several dozen feet from the border fence.
The review by an outside agency indicates the federal government is examining how the assailant tried to assault federal law enforcement agents as opposed to wrongdoing by the agents. "As agents attempted to take both migrants into custody, the migrants actively resisted and assaulted the agents," CBP said in a statement Tuesday."During the confrontation, the agents deployed less lethal devices. One unaccompanied juvenile Mexican national, age 17, and one adult Mexican national, age 20, were taken into custody and transported to a nearby station for processing.
The agent in the one-on-one altercation used a police baton to keep the second suspect at a distance and swung it when the suspect attempted to lunge at him. Within one minute, two other agents arrived on the scene. One ran over to the two fighting, and the other tackled the assailant from behind, according to the video footage.CBP said earlier Tuesday there was an"ongoing investigation" of the altercation.
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