A Mexican man who had illegally entered the U.S., Miguel Angel Acatzihua-Temoxtle, was sentenced last week to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to Assault on a Federal Officer with a Deadly or Dangerous Weapon and Assault on a Federal Officer Resulting in Bodily Injury.
The 26-year-old Acatzihua-Temoxtle’s sentence is to be followed by three years of supervised release.
According to the Department of Justice, Border Patrol agents received information on May 31, 2022, that several groups of non-citizens were passing though the Baboquivari Mountain range near the area of Newfield, Arizona. When agents located the group, Acatzihua-Temoxtle fled up the side of a wash, kicking several large boulders towards one of the agents to slow his pursuit. When agents apprehended Acatzihua-Temoxtle, he physically assaulted one agent by using the agent’s flashlight and attempted to strangle another agent with his lanyard used to hold night vision goggles.