US Customs and Border
Protection agent Rogelio Martinez (left and right) lost his life in a suspected rock-throwing ambush on US-Mexico border in Texas
His partner, who has not been named, remains in the local hospital in serious condition.
Border Patrol agent, 36, killed by 'rock throwers' in ambush attack near US-Mexico border in Texas that also injured his partner
- Agent Rogelio Martinez, 36, was killed while responding to activity at the border
- Authorities said his partner is also in serious condition following the incident
- FBI has taken over the case and officials are currently searching for suspects and witnesses
- President Donald Trump tweeted: 'We will seek out and bring to justice those responsible. We will, and must, build the Wall!'
Authorities were searching Texas' Big Bend area for suspects and witnesses Monday after US Customs and Border Protection agent Rogelio Martinez was allegedly beaten to death with a rock while on patrol.
According to officials, Martinez, 36, and his Big Bend Sector partner were responding to activity near Interstate 10, in the Van Horn Station area on Sunday, when both suffered serious injuries.
Responding agents provided immediate medical care and transported both agents to a local hospital, where Martinez later died from his wounds.
Martinez had been a border agent since August 2013 and was from El Paso. According to social media posts, he is survived by his fiancee.
Border Patrol spokesmen said they could not provide any details on what caused the agent's injuries or what led to them, but a National Border Patrol Council official told KTSM the assailants were 'undocumented immigrants' who used likely used rocks to beat the agents.
'We strongly believe rocks were what was used,' NBPC Vice President Art Del Cueto told the station.
The FBI has taken over the investigation into the fatal incident near the US-Mexico border. An agency official from the El Paso office confirmed that Martinez and his partner 'were not fired upon.'
On Sunday, President Donald Trump seized upon the news of the ambush to push his controversial Mexico wall plans.
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