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Murder at the Border. (Insider Report).
On February 26th, the body of 23-year-old U.S. Border Patrol agent Jorge Luis Salomon Martinez was found near Bacocahi, Sonora, Mexico -- about 40 miles south of Arizona. The young Mexican-American agent was apparently beaten to death by four assailants, who chose a 50-pound rock as the murder weapon. Mexican officials took two suspects into custody. A Sonoran state police official told the Tucson Citizen that Agent Martinez was killed after the suspects "learned he was a Border Patrol agent...."
According to an account provided by Mexican prosecutor Saul Ballesteros, Martinez picked up the two suspects while they were hitch-hiking near the town of Agua Prieta. (Agent Martinez, who was off-duty at the time, may have been visiting his father in Naco.) Martinez and his two passengers joined two others at a nearby river, where they shared a few beers and engaged in some idle conversation that quickly turned deadly.
Prior to arriving at the river, suspect Jesus Villa Villareal told Martinez that he made a living bringing "drugs and money into the United States," reported the March 5th Citizen. Martinez' curiosity was piqued, and he asked Villareal where he brought the contraband into our country. ...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Dillow, Gordon January 2, 1996 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) September 7, 2007 700+ words
...Byline: David Mclemore Sep. 7--The Border Patrol runs glossy Web videos and ads during...private agents to temporarily augment the Border Patrol's mission along the Mexican border...said spokeswoman Shea Snider. Border Patrol officials say that they don't need...
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- Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) September 7, 2007 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Houston Journal of International Law Trevino, Jesus A. September 22, 1998 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Trailer Boats Quinlan, Steve February 1, 2004 700+ words
...of Homeland Security, the U.S. Border Patrol now has big funding for a new fleet...and lakes. In years gone by, the Border Patrol received very little money for boats...Last fall, we received word that the Border Patrol was planning to evaluate several trailerable...
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- News wire article from: UPI Security & Terrorism May 25, 2006 700+ words
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- Border Patrol looks to military to fill ranks: New recruiting rules are aimed...
- Newspaper article from: AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ) May 25, 2007 700+ words
...Brady McCombs May 25--The U.S. Border Patrol is targeting people leaving the military...careers in the armed services, said Border Patrol Tucson Sector chief Robert W. Gilbert...never ever be any justification for the Border Patrol to say, 'We're not militarizing...
Source: HighBeam Research, Murder at the Border. (Insider Report).