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On July 23, 2017, 10 illegal immigrants died of exposure in a tractor-trailer discovered at a Wal-Mart in San Antonio. [25] On 25 June 2019, seven migrants including a woman and three children were found dead by U.S. Border Patrol Agents near the Rio Grande in South Texas. The death was reportedly due to heat exposure and dehydration.
Vega was born on June 17, 1978, in La Feria, Cameron County, Texas. [1] Prior to joining the Border Patrol, Vega had served in the United States Marine Corps. [2] He was married, and he had three children. [2] [3] Vega served in the Border Patrol from February 11, 2008, to August 3, 2014. [2]
The Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) first reported that Gómez González, who was described as petite and timid, and the rest of the group had attacked the officer with blunt objects and resisted arrest, and that he had shot in self-defense. [1] [2] [5] Marta Martinez, a woman who lived nearby, heard the shot and ran outside. [5]
The Border Patrol eventually asserted that it had conducted a four-day "targeted enforcement" operation aimed at undocumented immigrants with criminal records, ultimately detaining 78 individuals ...
Texas had sued to stop Border Patrol agents from cutting the concertina wire last year, saying it illegally destroyed state property and undermined security. The Department of Homeland Security ...
Also in May, a former Border Patrol agent was sentenced to 18 months in prison for accepting a $5,000 bribe to provide immigration paperwork to illegal border crossers, according to another complaint.
Rogelio Martinez (c. 1981 – November 19, 2017) was an agent of the United States Border Patrol who died in the line of duty on November 19, 2017, in Culberson County, Texas. His cause of death remains unsolved despite a four-month investigation by the FBI.
More than 13,000 immigrants convicted of homicide in the U.S. or abroad are living outside of immigration in the U.S., according to data ICE provided to Congress. ... A U.S. Border Patrol agent at ...