EDINBURG — During a failed marijuana smuggling event, a subject becomes combative with a Border Patrol agent.
Agents assigned to the Rio Grande City station observed several subjects carrying what appeared to be bundles of narcotics emerge from a brushy area near the U.S. river bank. Agents in the field responded and seized five bundles of suspected narcotics and apprehended two male subjects near Rio Grande City, Texas. During the arrest, one of the subjects became combative and attempted to tackle the arresting agent and take him to the ground. The agent was able to effect the arrest. The five bundles ...