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Correction: Border Patrol-Agent Dies story
Updated 1:06 pm, Monday, November 27, 2017
Near Brownsville, Texas, this protect wildlife area buffers the Gulf of Mexico as the border's most eastern point. The area serves as rich nesting habitats and wetlands for birds on both sides of the border.
lessNear Brownsville, Texas, this protect wildlife area buffers the Gulf of Mexico as the border's most eastern point. The area serves as rich nesting habitats and
... moreWell cared-for homes with backyard pools are sought after features for homebuyers on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border.
Well cared-for homes with backyard pools are sought after features for homebuyers on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border.
The city of Laredo has not one, but two, baseball parks overlooking the Rio Grande and Nuevo Laredo on its western shore: the community-friendly Father Charles M. McNaboe Park seen here and the Anna Baseball Park to its south. A school ballpark also sits near the river.
lessThe city of Laredo has not one, but two, baseball parks overlooking the Rio Grande and Nuevo Laredo on its western shore: the community-friendly Father Charles M. McNaboe Park seen here and the
... moreAt more than 10 times the population of its northern neighbor of a similar name Heroic Nogales certainly does look like quite the superpower.
At more than 10 times the population of its northern neighbor of a similar name Heroic Nogales certainly does look like quite the superpower.
Few borders are a straight line, but here the winding Rio Grande border makes a peninsula for all practical purposes out of Renyosa, Mexico.
Few borders are a straight line, but here the winding Rio Grande border makes a peninsula for all practical purposes out of Renyosa, Mexico.
The only residents of Antelope Wells, New Mexico are the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents who protect the smallest of 43 border entry points along the U.S.-Mexico border.
lessThe only residents of Antelope Wells, New Mexico are the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents who protect the smallest of 43 border entry points along the
... moreThe "Bullring by the City" hosts more than 21,000 for regular bullfights, and sits less than 200 feet from the California border.
The "Bullring by the City" hosts more than 21,000 for regular bullfights, and sits less than 200 feet from the California border.
During the Mexican-American War, the U.S. government established Camp Eagle Pass as a militia outpost to protect Texas from Mexican forces. More than 150 years later, the same government had to sue the city of Eagle Pass in 2008 in order to turn over land to build a border fence through the town. Today, some of the city's finest homes enjoy Rio Grande River views.
lessDuring the Mexican-American War, the U.S. government established Camp Eagle Pass as a militia outpost to protect Texas from Mexican forces. More than 150 years later, the same government had to
... moreFrom above, the distinction between Puerto Palomas and tony Columbus, New Mexico is nearly unrecognizable.
From above, the distinction between Puerto Palomas and tony Columbus, New Mexico is nearly unrecognizable.
Youth sports fields sit waterside on the Rio Grande near Del Rio, Texas.
Youth sports fields sit waterside on the Rio Grande near Del Rio, Texas.
Located outside Douglas, Arizona, the Douglas Ranch overlooks the Mexican border and charges visitors $5 to tour its grounds and learn about legendary lawman "Texas" John Slaughter
Located outside Douglas, Arizona, the Douglas Ranch overlooks the Mexican border and charges visitors $5 to tour its grounds and learn about legendary lawman "Texas" John Slaughter
On the corner of Midway Drive and Cesar E. Chavez Border Highway sits this middle school, home to the Riverside Rebels. The high school's baseball and football stadium's sit just east; Ciudad Juarez, Mexico sits just west.
lessOn the corner of Midway Drive and Cesar E. Chavez Border Highway sits this middle school, home to the Riverside Rebels. The high school's baseball and football stadium's
... moreThe international fenceline separating the two cities stretches out into the surf of the Pacific Ocean.
The international fenceline separating the two cities stretches out into the surf of the Pacific Ocean.
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — In a story Nov. 22 about a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was injured in a Nov. 18 incident being released from a hospital, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a U.S. official with knowledge of the investigation said both that agent and an agent who didn't survive the incident, Rogelio Martinez, may have fallen. The official only said Martinez may have fallen.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Border agent injured in West Texas incident out of hospital
A Border Patrol agent injured in an incident that left a fellow agent dead has been discharged from an El Paso hospital
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A Border Patrol agent injured in an incident that left a fellow agent dead was discharged Wednesday from an El Paso hospital.
The agent was discharged Wednesday from the University Medical Center in El Paso, said Doug Mosier, spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in El Paso. He declined to identify the agent and referred to the FBI all questions about the status of the investigation into Saturday night's incident near Van Horn that left agent Rogelio Martinez dead.
A message left with an FBI spokeswoman Wednesday wasn't returned.
Speculation about the incident has run rampant with several politicians calling it an attack and promoting the building of a wall on the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie Jr. in the FBI's El Paso office had said Tuesday that investigators were treating the incident as a "potential assault," but they could not rule out other scenarios.
Representatives from the border patrol's union were also insistent from the accounts of other agents who responded to the scene that the incident was an attack. Chris Cabrera, a spokesman for the National Border Patrol Council, told The Associated Press that agents responding to the scene called it "grisly."
However, a U.S. official with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press on Monday that Martinez may have fallen, and that the surviving agent had no memory of his duty-shift. The official spoke on condition of anonymity and is not authorized to speak publicly.
Border Patrol officials hoped to have answers for Martinez's family as they planned his visitation and funeral, set for Friday and Saturday in El Paso.
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Associated Press writer Elliot Spagat in San Diego contributed to this report.
