VAN HORN, Texas — Border Patrol commemorated the anniversary of the death of one of its own Friday.
Agent Rogelio Martinez of the Big Bend Sector died near Van Horn on November 19, 2017.
Martinez died from critical injuries, and an autopsy at the time revealed he died from blunt force trauma to the head caused by an undetermined manner of death.
There was speculation as to whether he fell into a culvert by accident or was injured by smugglers, but as of 2018 the FBI had not found any evidence of a scuffle or attack.