Mexican authorities said they had arrested a man in northern Mexico this week over the killing of U.S Border Patrol agent Luis Aguilar.
Jesus Navarro Montes, 22, was arrested in the northern state of Sonora on Wednesday,said a spokesman for Mexico’s federal Attorney General’s office.
Navarro was transported to the city of Mexicali in Baja California after he told Mexican authorities he ran over Aguilar on Saturday, the spokesman said.
Aguilar was trying to stop a suspected smuggler who had illegally entered the country from Mexico when he was hit by the vehicle, according to Agent Micheal Bernacke.