Wednesday, August 26, 2009 at 12:44 p.m.
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A jailed drug chase suspect has now been charged for allegedly hitting a Border patrol unit with his car.
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested Gustavo Hernandez following a July 22 drug chase that started off Rio Rico Road and Military Highway south of Mercedes.
On Monday, federal prosecutors charged the 43-year-old man with assault of a Border Patrol agent.
Court records show that Hernandez was the driver of one of two Grand Marquis involved in a drug chase.
One of the cars crashed in a ditch but Hernandez allegedly led Border Patrol agents on a chase that ended in the rural Cameron County community of Santa Maria.
A criminal complaint alleges that Hernandez swiped the passenger side of a Border Patrol unit with his car during the chase.
