Attacks on Border Patrol agents up 179%, Homeland Security says

EDINBURG, Texas (KXAN) — New numbers from the Department of Homeland Security show a drastic increase in violence against Border Patrol agents.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, from Oct. 1, 2016 until Feb. 28, 2017, attacks involving weapons, projectiles and close quarters fighting have gone up 179 percent from the same period last year.
“We are becoming more effective in dealing with the increase in assaults and flow of traffic, we’re making sure our agents are pre