Nogales Man Gets Slap on the Wrist for Assaulting Border Patrol Agent

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[Photo Courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection]

A Nogales man, Erik Alberto Beal, has been sentenced to a mere 32 months in prison after pleading guilty to Assault on a Federal Officer.

The 28-year-old Beal’s prison sentence is to be followed by 36 months of supervised release.

According to the Department of Justice, on April 11, 2024, two uniformed Border Patrol Agents were tracking an illegal alien they saw cross into the United States near Beal’s residence in the border city of Nogales.

The agents had split up and were searching around Beal’s residence when a pit bull was released from the side door in the direction of the one of the agents. The agent drew his service-issued firearm at the pit bull and began shouting. Beal then came out of his house, retrieved a semi-automatic handgun from his nearby truck, chambered a round, and pointed the gun at the uniformed agent. A brief, but tense, standoff ensued until the second agent arrived and drew his service weapon at Beal. Only then did Beal put down his gun.

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6 Comments

  1. wonder what the perps words were that stopped the two agents from firing under deadly threat.. this was one very gutsy decision they both made that saved this mans life from certain death. Certainly not this man’s day to die… miracles big and small.

  2. 32 months – not long enough for a death threat of that type – locked and loaded – till sure death ensued from another agent… or what he would have pulled the trigger? And the dog?

    • And that James is a huge part of the problem. Our judiciary has been bought and paid for by the far left, think George Soros and his billionaire buddies at the WEF.

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