GILA BEND, Ariz. -- A Honduran woman arrested in a drug smuggling bust in Arizona also faces an animal-cruelty charge for allegedly punching a border agent's horse. Border Patrol agents spotted nine people with seven large backpacks containing 374 pounds of marijuana. Authorities said Karla Banegas-Banegas, 29, was part of the group and allegedly struck a Border Patrol horse in the face with a closed fist. Banegas-Banegas was booked into jail.
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