Baton Rouge man indicted for allegedly assaulting Border Patrol agents with vehicle

BATON ROUGE – A Baton Rouge man was indicted for allegedly assaulting Border Patrol agents with a vehicle, court records show.

Evodio Merida-Tavera, 42, was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on Dec. 11 for aggravated criminal damage to property and resisting an officer with force and violence. He was indicted for assaulting a federal officer.

The indictment said Merida-Tavera assaulted and interfered with officers and employees of the United States Border Patrol while they were engaged in the performance of their official duties…

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