Border Patrol agent bitten in face during assault on Mount Cristo Rey

Border Patrol agent bitten in face during assault on Mount Cristo Rey

SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (Border Report) – Mexican police have three people in custody following an assault on a U.S. Border Patrol agent on Mount Cristo Rey on Thursday afternoon. 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 spotted coming over the mountain from Mexico. Three of the four in the group managed to run back to Mexico but were apparently apprehended by po…