TUCSON, Ariz. -- A Mexican citizen was sentenced Tuesday to nearly five years in federal prison in connection with an assault on a U.S. Border Patrol agent last year.

Prosecutors say 20-year-old Luis Alberto Barron-Sanchez of Hermosillo, Sonora, was sentenced to 57 months after pleading guilty in the case on Jan. 30.

Authorities say Barron-Sanchez was driving a vehicle that contained four illegal immigrants on Jan. 24, 2008, when he was stopped by a Border Patrol agent conducting an immigration check
They say Barron-Sanchez refused to turn off the ignition and when the agent reached in to do so, Barron-Sanchez sped away.

The agent got caught between the passenger door and the frame of the vehicle, but was able to take out his service weapon and shoot Barron-Sanchez in the leg to get him to stop the vehicle.

Authorities say Barron-Sanchez was arrested and the agent suffered some injuries that he has since recovered from.


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