His grandfather, Inspector James Wallen, was shot and killed near the same port of entry on March 6th, 1923. The Texas-Mexico border has seen multiple deadly accidents in recent years stemming from immigration-related pursuits. Photo by -/social media/AFP via Getty Images. As the Haitians tried to . And the cops started shooting.. A hat worn by an elite BORTAC Border Patrol agent was hit by a bullet when he engaged the gunman who killed 21 people inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Jon Anfinsen, president of Local 2366 of the National Border Patrol Council, the union that represents Border Patrol employees in the Del Rio sector, told VICE News that the agents who arrived on the scene entered the school as quickly as possible. Jupiter and Venus appear to 'kiss' in the sky, Mom of 2, stabbed 8 times, is making most of second chance at life, Whose leak is it anyway? Vice President Kamala Harris offered her own take on the pictures of agents using horses at the border, sharing that she was deeply troubled and opining that human beings should never be treated that way.. Criminal Investigations Division (CID) Special Agent Anthony Salas was involved in an unfortunate car crash during the arrest of six illegal migrants on Friday. Imagine living in the small town of Eagle Pass and seeing large groups of illegal migrants running through your neighborhood to escape from the authorities. The questioning apparently would have followed DOJs assessment, as per ABC News, although as a former prosecutor, I have no idea why. An official website of the United States government. Unfortunate, unthinkable and such a tragedy. Border Patrol is well liked in Uvalde, Anfinsen said. Perhaps thats when the contrition will commence. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said late Saturday that the agent was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after two men inside a car opened fire on the agents Friday night. Agent Doss entered on duty November 3, 2003 as part of the 569th Session of the Border Patrol Academy and later graduated with Class 584 on June 6, 2005. Still, I argued that a proper investigation should be done, but that it was unseemly for the administration to rush to judgment as it had. I ask Texans to join Cecilia and me in praying for Agent Salas family as they grieve this unimaginable loss.. Its not just families and friends who lost children, we have to deal with all the first responders, law enforcement, EMS, firefighterswe had agents who had to help carry children's bodies out of the school. There's a lot going on, Escalon said. The acting . Mayorkas did make those statements before the committee, back in September. It was determined that Inspector Latham was executed with a shot to his back. Please join Jan and me in prayer for Special Agent Anthony Salas and his family, after he was killed in an accident while working on the border. There will be consequences. The town is devastated, obviously, he said. Was the Border sued? Breitbart, however, reports that: A source close to the investigation informed Breitbart Texas the Border Patrol expects the official report of findings to be delivered shortly.. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Mayorkas swore to the committee that the subjects of that investigation would not be conducting law enforcement duties to interact with migrants, but rather only conducting administrative duties while that investigation was ongoing. Operation Lone Star began because of the Biden administrations refusal to secure the southern border. Im concerned about the practicalities of people being cut off from school lunches or medical assistance, but theres an emotional side of it too. That included between 80 to 100 on-duty and off-duty agents along with some who were in training. Two of the men hired a taxi to drive them from Eagle Pass to Presidio. Parents were reportedly pepper-sprayed, thrown to the ground, and handcuffed as they tried to get inside the school. Our guys got a group the other day of 200.. A group of horse-mounted Border Patrol agents responding to a surge of Haitian migrants in Del Rio, Texas, last year behaved inappropriately but did not strike any of the migrants with their reins . One of the men surrendered and the other committed suicide by shooting himself with Inspector Latham's .357 magnum pistol. An off-duty Customs and Border Protection agent from the Border Patrol Tactical Unit is the hero who shot and killed Texas school shooter Salvador Ramos in Robb Elementary School. The accident happened about 1 a.m. near Mission, Texas, along the border with Mexico, Customs and Border Patrol said in a statement. Del Rio Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent Matthew Hudak expressed his condolences to family, classmates, friends, and co-workers of Agent Doss. Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber said, Its out of control and unbelievable. Maverick County has joined others in signing an agreement with the state to begin prosecuting all adult males who trespass onto private property after illegally crossing into the U.S. In January, Texas Department of Public Safety Special Agent Anthony Salas died after being involved in a single-vehicle traffic accident near Eagle Pass while working with U.S. Border Patrol to transport six people who had illegally immigrated to the U.S. Last year, an Austin man was charged in the deaths of eight migrants after a deadly crash near the border city of Del Rio following a police chase. But the subject the secretary was addressing was not controlling the Southwest border, nor the safety of the American people or stemming the flow of drugs into the United States it had to do with investigating the actions of mounted Border Patrol agents in Del Rio . MISSION, Texas -- A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent died Wednesday after an all-terrain vehicle accident while patrolling along the border in south Texas, according to the agency. The agent was tracking a group of people who had crossed the . A United States Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio . Want even more control of your Reflection? A US Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas on . The six illegal migrants he arrested were treated for non life-threatening injuries and released to Border Patrol. Greg Abbott ostensibly to help stop drug and migrant smuggling. It will be completed in days, not weeks.. one witness told the New York Times. "The death of an Agent who died while securing our nation's border is a tremendous loss for our organization and our nation; our prayers are with his family and co-workers during this difficult time," said U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz in the statement. On Wednesday morning, Del Rio Sector Chief Patrol Agent Austin Skero confirmed Morales' death while off duty. The facts will drive the action we take. Prayers for the Salas family. A Border Patrol agent was wounded by gunfire during the shootout and is among the 17 injured survivors. On behalf of our sector family, I extend my deepest condolences to his family, friends and colleagues as we mourn his passing. WASHINGTON (AP) U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback engaged in "unnecessary use of force" against non-threatening Haitian immigrants but didn't whip any with their reins . I am deeply saddened to inform you of the off duty death of Border Patrol Agent Fernando Morales. In June, four migrants died and three other people were injured after a Jeep being pursued by Border Patrol agents crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer on the interstate near the Texas border city of Encinal. Copyright 2023 HotAir.com/Salem Media. It is clear to law enforcement officials that this is a coordinated effort. Order was only really restored after Texas state troopers positioned their vehicles on the riverbank, but before that occurred, mounted Border Patrol agents were brought in to restore some control; it was only at that point that the administration came unhinged. A spokesperson for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the parent agency of Border Patrol, responded to questions from VICE News about the timeline of events and the actions of agents who killed the gunman by referring to a statement by CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus. The guy shot at the cop. A United States Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio . Now Special Agent Salas is dead. The agents, he said, have been dealing with a large influx of migrants due to confusion around Title 42, a policy that blocks asylum seekers from entering the U.S., which the Biden administration tried unsuccessfully to rollback on May 23. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS How Investigators Linked a Headless Body to a Border Patrol Agent. Inspector Latham inspected the van and located the stolen jewelry, prompting the men to pull out weapons and kidnap him. Please keep the Salas family in your thoughts and prayers. On Wednesday, the federal Department of Homeland Security, which encompasses ICE, CBP, and Border Patrol, issued a statement saying Uvalde had been declared a protected area and that agents would avoid immigration enforcement to the fullest extent possible so that all residents of the community can access services without fear. Over 70 percent of Uvaldes residents identified as Hispanic or Latino, according to 2022 census data, and while many families are multi-generational U.S. citizens, there are mixed-status households that include people at risk of arrest and deportation. all 33 Reflections, Reflections Terms of Use (revised 5/31/2012), View, edit or delete any Reflection you've left in the past. Agent Doss died while performing her duty, protecting the community and the United States. But thanks to his words, at least I remember the acquittal. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Del Rio Sector recovered the bodies of three deceased migrants within a four-hour span, Aug. 17. . WESLACO - Federal authorities are investigating the death of a Border Patrol agent in West Texas. At 8:50 p.m. Saturday, Agent Doss, a 49-year-old Resident Agent, with the United States Border Patrol, in Abilene, TX responded to a call for assistance from Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS) trooper on the Interstate 20 frontage road. We have a lot of agents there. . At a press conference Thursday, Victor Escalon, South Texas regional director for the Department of Public Safety, said that after an initial exchange of gunfire with the gunman as he entered the school and traversed the hallways, the initial police officers on the scene retreated and called for backup, including a Border Patrol tactical team. It comes with a heavy heart that the Department reports the tragic death of Criminal Investigations Division (CID) Special Agent Anthony Salas. Dozens of Border Patrol agents did respond to support local officers, but it was a four-man team of tactical agents who went in together. Mayorkas requested additional time in his opening statement for this (rather ironic, given the hearings subject) auto-da-f. Many agents who work in the Del Rio sector call Uvalde home, he said, and are involved as coaches and community leaders. He died at the scene. The FBI is leading the investigation into the attack on two Border Patrol agents. 00:00. He was a Trooper with the Texas Highway Patrol before promoting to CID Special Agent. The Texas Department of Public Safety Officers Association posted the sad news on its Facebook page. In an effort to keep CBP.gov current, the archive contains content from a previous administration or is otherwise outdated. Border Patrol lacked the manpower to process all the migrants in any timely manner, the buses to transport them elsewhere, or the supplies to provide for them while they waited. While Border Patrol is a federal agency that does not answer to Abbott or state officials, Valdes said there have been people with little or no criminal history picked up by Border Patrol in the Uvalde area in the past year or so and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement or ICE for deportation, or removal from the country under a policy known as Title 42. Governor Abbott released a statement. Border Patrol Agent Jacob Albarado, hailed a hero in the Uvalde school shooting, has set up a fundraiser for his family, drawing kudos and questions in the wake of the tragedy. Weve had several clients picked up by Border Patrol in that area and turned over to ICE even after theyve been in the U.S. for years, Valdes said, relaying the message to VICE News over the phone. A Texas border patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas on . Everyone converged on the scene as quickly as they could possibly get there.. CBP responded immediately to the incident with local law enforcement, Magnus said. The Texas-Mexico border has seen multiple deadly accidents in recent years stemming from immigration-related pursuits. May 24, 2022. Approximately an hour later, Escalon said, Border Patrol agents arrived and killed Ramos. By Andrew R. Arthur on January 25, 2022. Border Patrol Union of Del Rio posted the information on their Twitter page. Lt. Uvalde is a town of roughly 16,000 people, situated between San Antonio and Del Rio . The state and Texas law enforcement are doing what the federal government refuses to do work to secure the southern border and protect Texans and their property. The Ray Donovan Standard. United States Department of the Treasury - United States Customs Service, US. On the other side of the equation are Border Patrol agents who live and work in Uvalde, many with kids enrolled in local schools, including Robb Elementary. 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. The Border Patrol's Del Rio sector, which includes Eagle Pass, is fast becoming the busiest corridor for illegal crossings. Fellow agents found the man unresponsive, began life-saving efforts and called for an ambulance, the statement said. Agent Hunter Labombard of the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector lost his life on Wednesday night in a tragic accident. The cop barged into that classroom. It is the nation's only think tank devoted exclusively to research and policy analysis of the economic, social, demographic, fiscal, and other impacts of immigration on the United States. Agent Hunter Labombard of the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector lost his life on Wednesday night in a tragic accident. The Biden border crisis has produced the death of a law enforcement agent working in support of Operation Lone Star. Special Agent Salas served in the United States Marine Corps before joining DPS. MISSION, Texas (AP) A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent died Wednesday after an all-terrain vehicle accident while patrolling along the border in south Texas, according to the agency. This tragedy is a somber reminder of the selfless sacrifices our law enforcement make as they work to keep us safe. USA TODAY. After nearly four years without a single suicide in their ranks, border agents are killing themselves in greater numbers. Del Rio Horse Incident. Visit the BorderReport.com homepage for the latest exclusive storiesand breaking newsabout issues along the United States-Mexico border. McALLEN, Texas (border report). Border Patrol agents have retrieved 11 bodies from that sector of the river since the beginning of the month, including one recovered on Friday, he said. While honorably performing his duties, Special Agent Salas was involved in an unfortunate traffic crash during the arrest of six Undocumented Aliens (UDAs). 03:21 - Source: CNN Latest Videos 18 . At approximately 5 p.m., a Border Patrol agent working near Highway 277 spotted a flatbed pickup truck, pulling a travel trailer, headed toward Del Rio. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) Texas officials have recovered the body of a National Guard soldier who .