A federal judge has sentenced an El Paso man to 19 years in prison for shooting at a U.S. Border Patrol agent. The U.S. District Attorney of New Mexico made the announcement Friday. Robert Esquivel was convicted of attempted murder of an officer, aggravated assault of an officer with a deadly weapon, discharge of a firearm and conspiracy to transport migrants in the U.S. illegally. Court records say that Esquivel opened fire on an unnamed agent and struck him twice in the torso area during an immigration inspection. The district attorney’s office says the agent survived largely due to his ballistic vest.
