EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A federal grand jury has indicted two alleged smugglers accused of ramming a pickup truck against U.S. Border Patrol vehicles during a pursuit in southern Arizona.
Wednesday’s indictment charges Oscar Tapia Castro, a U.S. citizen, and Roney Ulicer Lara Galdamez, a Honduran national, with counts of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens and assault on a federal officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon.
The charges stem from a June 26 incident at a Border Patrol checkpoint on Federal Route 15. That’s when border agents saw a blue Dodge Ram pickup approach at high speed in a southbound direction and “noisily running over” speed bumps meant to protect agents as they inspect vehicles and motorists…