Slain Border Patrol agent was ambushed in Texas, union says

HOUSTON - The Border Patrol agent killed Sunday in west Texas was ambushed by migrants who beat him in the head with rocks, union officials said Monday.

Federal officials have yet to provide details about the incident, but the union representing Border Patrol agents described the attack on Agent Rogelio Martinez, 36, and his partner, as they were responding to reports of suspicious activity in the Big Bend area. Martinez died at a hospital and his partner, whose name was not released, was in serious condition.

"What we know is that Border Patrol Agent Rogelio Martinez appears to have been ambushed by a group of illegal aliens whom he was tracking. Our agents' reports from the ground say that he