A 39-year-old Mexican national by the name of Melecio Lopez-Hernandez was sentenced to more than five years in jail for attacking a Border Patrol agent. According to Lopez-Hernandez's defense team, the illegal alien was startled when the Border Patrol agent approached. He attached the agent because he thought the guy was a cow, KVEO-TV reported.

Lopez-Hernandez was attempting to illegally cross the border when a Border Patrol agent spotted him. The agent attempted to apprehend the illegal alien, at which point the two struggled. Lopez-Hernandez managed to get ahold of the agent's flash light that was clipped onto the agent.

When the agent attempted to apprehend Lopez-Hernandez, he took the flashlight that was attached to the agent's vest. He threatened the agent and before striking him over the head with the flashlight.

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