A Guatemalan man was charged with escaping from Border Patrol custody after he broke a window, pried open the metal mesh and jumped out of a moving van transporting a group of people to the Rio Grande City Border Patrol Station.
Roberto Arnoldo Sanchez-Hernandez, born in 2000, was charged with escape or attempt to escape from custody of an officer or employee of the United States Pursuant to lawful arrest, according to a criminal complaint.
On Sept. 24, Border Patrol agents encountered several people in Escobares who admitted to being illegally present in the United States. They were then placed in a “secure transport” van for transportation…