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In. a lot of things are happening along the border, the southern border. >> the fbi has confirmed agent martinez and partner did not come under fire but would not elaborate on how the agents were attacked. representatives with the national border patrol council say rocks were used against the agents but no federal sources will confirm that. agent martinez was 36 years old and had been a border patrol agent for about four years or so. according to customs and border protection, 38 agents have been killed in the line of duty since 2003. shannon. >> shannon: casey stegall, thank you. coming up, b...

In. a lot of things are happening along the border, the southern border. >> the fbi has confirmed agent martinez and partner did not come under fire but would not elaborate on how the agents were attacked. representatives with the national border patrol council say rocks were used against the agents but no federal sources will confirm that. agent martinez was 36 years old and had been a border patrol agent for about four years or so. according to customs and border protection, 38 agents have been killed in the line of duty since 2003. shannon. >> shannon: casey stegall, thank you. coming up, b...

Accounts depending on who you talk to to what exactly happened out there over the weekend. all the fbi office in el paso will say is that the border patrol agents were not shot and that they did not come under fire, but they won't elaborate further. right now the feds say they are simply focused on trying to piece together a timeline of events and actively search for suspects or witnesses. agent rogelio martinez was out on patrol in an area known as the big bend sector. officials will only say that martinez and his partner responded to activity, that's all they say, activity near interstate te...

Agent martinez was looking for what we call sign or footprints in the ground. when he came across them, he radioed in that he was going to get in his vehicle and start what we call pushing the sign or following the footprints. now, this was at night. he would have had his flash light out and looking for that sign and trying to follow that sign. and when you do that, you're at a disadvantage, because those individuals that are hiding, they're going to a specific spot to be picked up by vehicles. they're hiding. they can see you coming. and what i think what -- i think that what the facts will s...

>> julie: casey stiegel is live in dallas with the latest on this sad story. >> the f.b.i. now saying that both of these agents suffered from traumatic head injuries and broken bones. but they have still not released exactly how they were hurt. only said that two men were discovered in the culvert area right off of i-10 near van horn, texas. as we know, this man, agent martinez was so badly injured he was airlifted to an el paso hospital but did not survive. published reports say he was engaged to be married and was a father. his partner another u.s. border patrol agent remains unidentified an...