Honduran migrant charged with assault during border incident in El Paso's lower valley

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — After Thursday's incident at the U.S.-Mexico border when hundreds of migrants rushed The Texas National Guard, a migrant from Honduras is facing assault charges for his participation in the chaos.

Migrant Junior Evaristo-Benitez, 21, was taken into custody and charged with assault on a public servant.

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According to The Texas Department of Public Safety, several migrants who breached the concertina wire and rushed the soldiers assaulted a service member.

Evaristo-Benitez was booked into the El Paso County Jail.

No word if the service member assaulted suffered injuries.

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According to Texas DPS, the majority of migrants involved in the incident were men from Venezuela.

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