LAREDO, Texas – A 54-year-old undocumented Mexican National has been convicted of assaulting a Border Patrol agent.
A federal jury in Laredo returned the verdicts against Miguel Cabrera-Rangel following a two-day trial and less than five hours of deliberation.
During trial, the jury heard testimony from a Border Patrol (BP) agent who was investigating a report of possible undocumented aliens on a ranch near Hebbronville. He came upon a group of aliens and attempted to apprehend them. Cabrera was one of them and engaged in a struggle with the agent and gained control of the agent’s service flashlight.
Cabrera punched the agent in the face and struck him with the flashlight, causing a bilateral fracture of the nose along with lacerations and contusions. Cabrera fled, but was later apprehended on a fishing boat in Copano Bay off Corpus Christi.
U.S. District Judge Diana Saldaña presided over the trial will set sentencing at a later date. At that time, Cabrera faces up to eight years imprisonment and a possible $250,000 maximum fine.
