Border Agent’s Identity Leads to His Death
An off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent was beaten to death in Mexico after three Mexican men he befriended and drank with learned he was a federal agent, Mexican officials said.
The officials said the body of 23-year-old Border Patrol Agent Jorge Luis Salomon was found near a small town about 40 miles south of the border, his head smashed repeatedly with heavy rocks.
Salomon was buried in Naco, Mexico.
Border Patrol spokesman Rob Daniels said Salomon joined the Border Patrol in late 2000 and was stationed in Naco, Ariz.
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