The man had previously been arrested in the US and deported last June
In an incident that echoed the violent clash between migrants and Mexican police that unfolded a month ago when a caravan of migrants attempted to cross into Mexico from Guatemala, the first episode of migrant-caravan related violence was reported Saturday by the border patrol.
US border agents detained a Honduran man in Arizona who had broken away from one of the caravans headed toward the US border after the man pelted the agents with rocks while attempting to avoid capture.
The 31-year-old undocumented migrant, who was not named by his captives, had climbed a tree to try and avoid capture, then started throwing rocks at the agents, as well as at a helicopter that had been summoned to track him, according to the Washington Times.
After being taken in to custody, the man told agents that he had been part of one of the migrant caravans that had been featured on the news.
