EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A Louisiana man was arrested this week in Sierra Blanca on criminal charges for allegedly fleeing from an immigration checkpoint, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas.
According to court documents, Benjamin Thomas Mackey was referred to secondary inspection at the Sierra Blanca Border Patrol checkpoint due to a K-9 alert.
The criminal complaint alleges that Mackey initially turned his vehicle off at the direction of Border Patrol agents. However, he quickly turned the vehicle back on and drove away at a high rate of speed, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said…