CALEXICO — Demonstrators participating in a weeklong anti-border protest that ended in violence over the weekend called the U.S. Border Patrol’s response “excessive” Monday. A No Borders Camp demonstrator suspected of pushing an agent was detained Sunday evening, setting off a forceful response from Border Patrol agents near the border fence just east of the downtown Calexico Port of Entry. Two more protesters were arrested for assaulting federal agents and there was no reported injuries, Border Patrol public information agent Quinn Palmer said Monday. Around 5 p.m. Sunday, after the demonstrator was detained, agents deployed pepper-spray balls to disperse the...
