NMSU student Denisse Najera was one of several NMSU student press corps members who traveled to El Paso Monday, Feb. 11, to attend President Trump’s border wall rally.
While photographing the event from the press platform inside the El Paso County Coliseum, Najera found herself in the middle of a breaking national news story when a Trump supporter jumped onto the press platform and attacked a BBC photographer.
A selection of Najera’s images appears in the gallery below including photos of the attacker as he was restrained and led away.
A Trump supporter is restrained and escorted off the media platform after he attacked a BBC photographer during a Trump rally in El Paso, Texas, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at the El Paso County Coliseum. Trump was there to promote his border wall agenda. (Photo by Denisse Najera)
A Trump supporter is restrained and escorted off the media platform after he attacked a BBC photographer during a Trump rally in El Paso, Texas, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at the El Paso County Coliseum. Trump was there to promote his border wall agenda. (Photo by Denisse Najera)
A Trump supporter is restrained and escorted off the media platform after he attacked a BBC photographer during a Trump rally in El Paso, Texas, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at the El Paso County Coliseum. Trump was there to promote his border wall agenda. (Photo by Denisse Najera)
President Trump speaks in El Paso, Texas, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at the El Paso County Coliseum. Trump was there to promote his border wall agenda. (Photo by Denisse Najera)
President Trump speaks in El Paso, Texas, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at the El Paso County Coliseum. Trump was there to promote his border wall agenda. (Photo by Denisse Najera)
President Trump speaks in El Paso, Texas, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at the El Paso County Coliseum. Trump was there to promote his border wall agenda. (Photo by Denisse Najera)
President Trump waves to the crowd in El Paso, Texas, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at the El Paso County Coliseum. Trump was there to promote his border wall agenda. (Photo by Denisse Najera)
President Trump waves to the crowd in El Paso, Texas, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at the El Paso County Coliseum. Trump was there to promote his border wall agenda. (Photo by Denisse Najera)
A Trump supporter holds up an American Flag during a Trump rally in El Paso, Texas, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at the El Paso County Coliseum. The president was there to promote his border wall agenda. (Photo by Denisse Najera)
President Trump acknowledges the crowd in El Paso, Texas, Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, at the El Paso County Coliseum. Trump was there to promote his border wall agenda. (Photo by Denisse Najera)
