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Mexican national takes plea deal in 2017 attack on off-duty Border Patrol agent

Mexican national takes plea deal in 2017 attack on off-duty Border Patrol agent
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LAS CRUCES - A 35-year-old man who attacked an off-duty Border Patrol agent in 2017 pleaded guilty Monday in Las Cruces to attempted murder.

Sergio Ivan Venegas-Quiñonez of Las Cruces pleaded guilty in 3rd Judicial District Court to attempted first-degree murder, which is a second-degree felony. Using a Spanish language interpreter, he entered the plea before state District Judge Doug Driggers in state court in Las Cruces.

The plea was the result of a deal with state prosecutors in which two other serious charges and a second criminal case that were pending against Venegas-Quiñonez, a Mexican citizen, were dropped.

Kidnapping, attack rehashed

In the courtroom, 3rd Judicial District Attorney's Office prosecutor Daniel Sewell rehashed the attack, saying the victim, off-duty Border Patrol agent Lorenzo Hernandez, was helping his mother to sell tamales at her tamale stand in northeast El Paso when he was approached by Venegas-Quiñonez and another man. The two men asked for a ride to get some gas. Hernandez obliged, taking them in his vehicle. But, en route, Venegas-Quiñonez pulled out a handgun, while the second man allegedly pulled out a machete.
Source: Farmington Daily Times
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