BP agent in Calexico pleads guilty to hitting migrant in the face
A Calexico-based Border Patrol agent has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and agreed to resign after admitting to hitting a migrant in custody in the face, according to KTLA News.
KTLA News reports the legal proceedings against Jason Andrew McGilvray both opened and closed on Thursday in San Diego federal court. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one year of unsupervised probation.
Reports show McGilvray encountered a migrant on February 16 as the migrant attempted to enter the United States by jumping the border fence near Gordon’s Well in Imperial County.
Once placed in custody, McGilvray “willfully struck the migrant in the face with the intent to deprive the individual of his constitutional right against unreasonable force during search and seizure, KTLA News reported.
