By Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat
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Information remains elusive regarding the deaths of border officer, Rogelio Martinez, 36 years old, and his partner. The FBI has taken over the case.
Martinez and his partner were patrolling near, highway 10, in the area of Van Horn, Texas, investigating suspicious activities in the expansive Big Bend National Park. What exactly happened subsequently, is a mystery to the public.
Initially, far right news outlets such as Breitbart were quick to insist the attack was by “illegal aliens", most reports indicated the attack was from gunfire. Authorities were compelled to discount gunfire but did not give an alternative method of attack, or even say there was an attack. Breitbart then reported the Border Patrol Union stated, there was an attack by illegals, by ambush, with rocks.
However, that was proven to be untrue, posted on their website is a message that the cause is still undetermined.
Late yesterday, yet another possibility was given when it was determined that accident had not been ruled out, that the men may have fallen into the culvert by mishap. This would explain why neither officer drew their weapons during this time. The unnamed survivor has amnesia since the accident; by the time help arrived he was in poor condition and no recall of the incident.
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The surviving officer, radioed for help from the culvert. What was said by the officer has not been made public.
BP patrol officers are require to patrol in pairs, as the number of officers remains inadequate and are literally hours apart from each other.
The area is near Big Bend National Park, whose rugged, flat faced clifts, and steep inclines, make it almost impossible to use as a corridor for immigrant traffickers, although where the officers were sent, there is a narco corridor. Narcos are well area of how long it takes when responding to an emergency call out.
Jose Martinez, The father of a U.S. Border Patrol agent who died, says his son suffered serious injuries that left his head “destroyed.” While speaking with the El Paso Times on Monday, he shared that doctors said his son, 36-year-old Rogelio Martinez, suffered repeated cardiac arrest before he died Sunday. He said he discouraged his son from working in such a dangerous profession but the father said his son was determine to do what he could in fighting against drug trafficking and potential terrorists.
President Trump, when hearing about the tragedy, reminded lawmakers of the necessity of a border wall. In this particular area however, a physical wall would be impossible, any wall constructed in the area, would have to be a virtual wall, using surveillance technology.
The final construction of any “Border Wall”, will be a probable mix of physical and virtual components.