The following article by Robert Moore and Nick Miroff was posted on the Washington Post website February 7, 2018:
Border Patrol agent Rogelio Martinez, whose death in November 2017 fueled President Trump’s calls for a border wall, appears to have died in an accident. (Reuters)
EL PASO — A Border Patrol agent whose death last November fueled President Trump’s calls for a border wall appears to have died in an accident, according to FBI findings released Wednesday.
Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez, 36, was found dying at the bottom of a roadside culvert along a span of Interstate 10 in West Texas on Nov. 18. Within hours, union officials said they believed Martinez had been ambushed by smugglers in a rock attack. Continue reading “FBI: No evidence of homicide in border agent’s death cited by Trump”