El Paso.- Mexican police have three people in custody following an attack on a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Monte Cristo Rey on Thursday afternoon, the news website Border Report reported.
The agent was punched in the face and bitten by an unidentified foreign national who was part of a group of four people the agent observed crossing the mountain from Mexico. Three of the four people managed to run back to Mexico but were apparently detained by police in the Anapra neighborhood of Juarez, which borders Sunland Park, New Mexico.
Sunland Park police confirmed that at least one of the injured was taken to Providence Transmountain Hospital; one of the injured was in custody.
Chihuahua police had three people in custody inside a pickup truck and took one of the suspects out for identification by border agents. It was not clear under what charges the suspects were detained in Mexico.
Officials at the scene did not provide information to the press. However, sources said the injured officer was punched and bitten in the face by the individual who is now in custody.
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