By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
A convicted human smuggler with prior deportations is accused of biting a Border Patrol agent three times, sending him to the hospital.
KRGV reports that the agent tried to arrest Mexican national Jesus Roman Alonzo-Barela and several other people who crossed into the U.S. illegally at a cemetery in Weslaco, Texas, last week.
Authorities said Alonzo-Barela bit the agent three times, requiring the agent to be hospitalized.
Alonzo has been charged with assault on a federal agent.
The identity of the agent has not been released.
