Thread: San Diego Border Patrol Agent Dies In Line Of Duty

San Diego Border Patrol Agent Dies In Line Of Duty

POSTED: 8:12 pm PDT July 27, 2007
UPDATED: 8:27 pm PDT July 27, 2007


SAN DIEGO -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said a Border Patrol agent died in the line of duty.

According to a news release, 31-year-old Eric Cabral died on Thursday. Cabral died at a local hospital after he was extracted from Jacumba, Calif. Cabral was conducting patrol duties on foot near the De Anza Springs Resort when the incident occurred, the news release stated.

Authorities said Cabral and his partner were tracking a group of suspected illegal aliens north of Interstate 8 near Jacumba when they separated. They then lost radio contact, and another agent found Cabral unresponsive near the De Anza Springs Resort, the news release stated. Cabral was taken by air to a local hospital, but medical personnel were unable to revive him.


Cabral began working for the Border Patrol in September 2006.

San Diego Sector Chief Patrol Agent Michael Fisher expressed his condolences to family, friends, and co-workers of Cabral.

"Agent Cabral lost his life serving and protecting the nation, and on behalf of the Border Patrol, we send our sincerest thoughts and prayers to his family during this difficult period," Fisher said in the news release.

Information regarding the memorial service will be provided at a later time, as arrangements have not yet been made, the release stated.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/13773527/detail.html

Okay, I give up, exactly how did he die?

This is very tragic, however, I wish the story would have been a little more informative. If it would have been an illegal immigrant SOB story, it would have been full of information.

I AM SO SUSUPICIOUS THESE DAYS. HOW WAS HE KILLED? AND THEY DONT SAY HOW HE WAS KILLED....WTF? I WANT TO KNOW THE FULL DETAILS OF HOW THIS MAN DIED.

Oh my Lord! This is so sad, so very sad.
This was a agent who worked in my area.
I will pray for his family.
I know there are few details about his death but please do not go to extremes here, it has been very hot out here, temps in the hundereds so at this time we have no idea of what occured.
I promise to check into this and will post details later.
Mean while I'm sure his family could use your prays as well.

redpony wrote:

HOW WAS HE KILLED? AND THEY DONT SAY HOW HE WAS KILLED....WTF?

Was he murdered by illegal immigrants? Perhaps the border patrol and/or media doesn't want to rile the natives.

Mountaindog wrote:

Mean while I'm sure his family could use your prays as well.

That goes without saying, regardless of how he died. You're right, there are probably a number of ways he could have died. It could have been an accidental tumble down a ledge, snake bite, heart attack, etc. I just wish the border patrol would have reported the cause. Perhaps the family hasn't been notified yet, that could explain it.

OK folks lets have a little respect here please!
I said I would look into this and post the results and I will!
Right now all we have is a dead agent with no idea of the cause of death so before we go making accusations lets get some facts first OK.
I will post the facts as soon as I can.
MD

Well said MD. We should not jump to conclusions.
It was a sad story to post and prayers to his family.

We all are sad.

I don't see it as jumping to conclusions to want to know how he died and it isn't disrespectful, either.

Originally Posted by nntrixie

We all are sad.

I don't see it as jumping to conclusions to want to know how he died and it isn't disrespectful, either.

Agree!