EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A Mexican judge has ordered two Venezuelan migrants to remain in jail pending trial for the Dec. 30 beating death of an immigration officer near a highway checkpoint 30 miles south of Juarez, Mexico.
David J.V. and Carlos Arichuna S.M. will face charges of injuries leading to death of a federal public servant, the Mexican Attorney General’s Office said on Monday.
Migrants allegedly beat Mexican agent to death
The two men were heading to the U.S. border and allegedly tried to circumvent the checkpoint by going around a hill. National Migration Institute Agent Luis Alberto Olivas Garcia attempted to place them in custody when the two men assaulted him, INM said in a statement last week .
In court testimony Monday reported in local news media, prosecutors alleged the two Venezuelans pelted Olivas with rocks when he approached them, then physically assaulted him and shoved him down the hill.
