Border Patrol, Protesters Clash at Mexican Border
About 30 demonstrators taking part in a three-day, bi-national "No Borders Camp" protest were attacked Sunday by about 100 Border Patrol officers at the end of the last day, The San Diego Independent Media Center charged. The media center said that the officers used pepper gas, tazers and batons, beating two or three demonstrators severely and detaining three.About 30 demonstrators taking part in a three-day, bi-national “No Borders Camp” protest were attacked Sunday by about 100 Border Patrol officers at the end of the last day, The San Diego Independent Media Center charged. The media center said that the officers used pepper gas, tazers and batons, beating two or three demonstrators severely and detaining three.
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