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FBI Finds No Evidence Of Homicide In Death Of Border Patrol Agent

An autopsy says Rogelio Martinez died of blunt force trauma to his head by a West Texas highway last November. But the FBI has turned up no support for speculation that smugglers killed him.

Updated at 8:25 p.m. ET

The FBI says it has found no foul play in the mysterious death of a border agent beside a remote West Texas highway last November in an incident that many assumed to be a homicide, and which prompted calls

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