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Southern border agent killed, another injured while on patrol in Texas
Fox News ^ | November 19, 2017 | Mike Emanuel - AP

Posted on 11/19/2017 3:25:57 PM PST by jazusamo

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed in the line of duty Sunday while patrolling the Big Bend Sector of Texas along the southern border with Mexico.

Agent Rogelio Martinez, 36, died of injuries sustained while responding to “activity” near Interstate 10 in the Van Horn Station area, according to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Martinez and his partner, who was injured, were transported to a hospital. The partner, who was not identified, remains hospitalized in serious condition.

Spokesman Carlos Diaz told The Associated Press the FBI has taken over the investigation.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: agentkilled; aliens; borderagent; borderinsecurity; borderpatrol; dhs; illegalaliens; rogeliomartinez; texas; vanhorn
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To: Bigg Red

The border needs to be guarded by heavily armed U.S. troops, as it is in Israel. Great way for young troops to learn discipline and patience. Relocate some of those bases from Washington, Oregon, Illinois, New York, Maryland, Delaware. The Blue States don’t support the military so they’ll be glad to see the bases repositioned along the southern border. A well built wall that is constantly monitored by American troops will cut illegal crossings by 99.5%.


21 posted on 11/19/2017 5:02:26 PM PST by littleharbour
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To: jazusamo

Van Horn’s a fair distance from the border. This sounds like someone trying to evade the I10 BP checkpoint.


22 posted on 11/19/2017 5:14:17 PM PST by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: jazusamo
Well we do not need any wall here. It got great big beautiful mountains and a great big beautiful river running through them. I am not being sarcastic here, Washington does not intend on building a fence/wall/mott through this region. They plan on doing it with drones and foot patrol

These SOBs in Washington, all of them from the White House to the House of Reps, need to be drug out and attend the funeral of these troopers. There blood is on these bastards little money grubbing hands. I despise everyone of them and cannot wait until Texas is free from the anchor that holds us back.

23 posted on 11/19/2017 5:27:14 PM PST by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
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To: dljordan
How long do we have to be Mexico’s bitch? They laugh at us and we have been invaded.

That is it. How many other cuntries would put up with an invasion of this magnitude. NONE. Only the pu$$ies at our federal government would sit back with their thumbs up their rears and watch for decades as our country is over run by a third world shithole.

Come on TRUMP. IF you are such a deal maker, make a deal with We the People to round up these wet back grass crawling POS and seal the border and We the People will do it. OR are you just part of the problem at the SWAMP after 10 months?

24 posted on 11/19/2017 5:32:30 PM PST by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
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To: jazusamo

Praying for him and his family.


25 posted on 11/19/2017 5:35:49 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: jazusamo

Mr. President: Please stop tweeting about worthless Kneegro athlete shoplifters and protect our borders and border patrol.

Thank you.


26 posted on 11/19/2017 6:09:26 PM PST by clintonh8r (I've been banned from TheHill.com. #Proud)
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To: Paulie
A federal jury on Thursday convicted two members of a violent Mexican drug cartel in the 2011 ambush slaying of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent, U.S. authorities said.

Five other Mexicans in the Los Zetas cartel pleaded guilty earlier to federal charges in the shooting death of ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the wounding of another agent in central Mexico during a roadside attack on their car by gunmen in San Luis Potosi, a central Mexican state. All seven were extradited to the U.S. on federal charges.

“With today’s guilty verdicts, a total of seven members of the violent Mexican drug cartel, Los Zetas, have now been brought to justice for the ruthless ambush that took the life of ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata and that injured and could have killed ICE Special Agent Victor Avila,” U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips of the District of Columbia said in a statement.


27 posted on 11/19/2017 6:41:04 PM PST by spokeshave (The Fake Media tried to stop us from going to the White House, I am President and they are not. DJT)
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To: jazusamo

my reliable sources report the agents were jumped by a group of aliens and one agent beaten to death with ROCKS the other seriously injured...


28 posted on 11/19/2017 9:51:25 PM PST by rolling_stone
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To: spokeshave

“With today’s guilty verdicts, a total of seven members of the violent Mexican drug cartel, Los Zetas, have now been brought to justice...”

It ain’t “justice” as long as the f*krs are still breathing!


29 posted on 11/20/2017 3:43:46 AM PST by HKMk23 (You ask how to fight an idea? Well, I'll tell you how: with another idea!)
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To: jazusamo

AP’s “contribution” to this article:

“Border Patrol records show that Big Bend accounted for about 1 percent of the more than 61,000 apprehensions agents made along the Southwest border between October 2016 and May 2017.”

(Only 610+, so A-OK)

Next will be to blame Trump for doing this to increase support for the Wall.


30 posted on 11/20/2017 5:17:55 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: rolling_stone

Thanks, I don’t doubt that.

Having just checked for possible updates they’re still not releasing any more than they did yesterday.

I sure hope authorities have some good leads or have the bastards in custody, they’re being awfully tight lipped.


31 posted on 11/20/2017 8:28:20 AM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

more info

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/20/border-agent-killed-partner-injured-by-illegal-immigrants-using-rocks-report-says.html


32 posted on 11/20/2017 9:36:44 AM PST by rolling_stone
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To: rolling_stone

Thanks for the link, FRiend, your sources are most reliable.

It’s appropriate that Texas not only has the death penalty but doesn’t hesitate to use it, these turkeys deserve it when caught and tried.

Not sure though if they would be tried in state or fed court.


33 posted on 11/20/2017 10:07:48 AM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

either or both federal court assault on a federal officer and state court murder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgQRgT15f9U


34 posted on 11/20/2017 4:46:55 PM PST by rolling_stone
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To: jazusamo

either or both federal court assault on a federal officer and state court murder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgQRgT15f9U


35 posted on 11/20/2017 4:46:55 PM PST by rolling_stone
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