19 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENT JAMES RONQUILLO IS UNDER ARREST, FACING A CHARGE OF ASSAULT ON A FEDERAL OFFICER. THE U-S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SAYS HIS ARREST FOLLOWED AN UNDERCOVER DRUG BUY IN SOUTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE TUESDAY DURING WHICH AN F-B-I AGENT OPENED FIRE ON HIM. IT HAPPENED AFTER THE AGENT BOUGHT OVER 200 GRAMS OF CRACK COCAINE FROM RONQUILLO.
THE AGENT, ALONG WITH ONE OTHER DRUG TASK FORCE MEMBER, FOLLOWED HIM AS HE LEFT. THEN, PROSECUTORS ALLEGE, RONQUILLO TURNED HIS VEHICLE AROUND AND SPED TOWARD THEM, PROMPTING THE FBI AGENT TO OPEN FIRE MOMENTS BEFORE RONQUILLO'S VEHICLE HIT THEIR CAR. NO ONE WAS INJURED.
