Texas has charged 70 more illegal immigrants on Friday for allegedly attacking National Guard troops at its southern border, officials said, first reported by the New York Post.
Seventy illegal immigrants who allegedly pushed past National Guard troops as they tried to cross the border in El Paso will face state charges of misdemeanor rioting, authorities said. Said outlet.
This is the moment the Texas National Guard was overpowered by rioting migrants trying to cross the border here in El Paso today.
We were there and saw everything happen. It’s absolute chaos here. pic.twitter.com/VN6Kf663ie
— Jennie Taer (@JennieSTaer) March 21, 2024
Texas plans to prosecute more than 200 illegal immigrants currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, officials told the New York Post. However, federal authorities are reportedly “less cooperative than the Border Patrol.”
The nine undocumented immigrants who were part of the mob captured in a viral video by the New York Post from March 21 face federal charges including inciting a riot, damaging property over $2,500, and assaulting a National Guard member. It is being said. A government official told the same media on March 28th. (Related: Fugitive immigrant influencer flashes wad of bills and says she wants to ‘mark’ her ‘territory’ rather than ‘work like a slave’)
According to the New York Post, Honduran Junior Evaristo Benitez, one of the nine illegal immigrants arrested and charged, is accused of “deliberately and maliciously” stepping on the knee of a National Guard member. Border Report reported that there is. Evaristo-Benitez was reportedly first arrested by Texas authorities, Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Elliot Torres said. He will be charged with one felony count of assaulting an officer, Torres continued, according to the newspaper.
“These people were willing to attack our troops,” a National Guard official told the program. “They have been willing to attack law enforcement. They have a complete disregard for our laws.”
Several undocumented immigrants involved in the incident attacked Gate 36, carrying knives and shanks, sources told the New York Post. At least one illegal immigrant allegedly tried to steal a National Guard gun, the newspaper reported.
