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A6 U.S. NEWS
Friday 9 February 2018

FBI: Probe shows no evidence of attack in border agent death

ident Donald Trump and known activity the night of "blunt force trauma" as the
others used the suggestion Nov. 18 near Van Horn, a cause of death, but said
of an attack to promote Texas town near the Mexi- the manner of his death
the building of a wall along co border about 110 miles was undetermined.
the U.S.-Mexico border. (175 kilometers) southeast Dr. Janice Diaz-Cavalliery,
Investigators have con- of El Paso. assistant medical examin-
ducted more than 650 in- Martinez's partner radioed er, found that Martinez had
terviews and involved 37 for help before both agents a skull fracture, a fractured
field offices in their probe, were airlifted to the hospi- eye socket, multiple rib
but have not found defini- tal, where 36-year-old Mar- fractures and a broken col-
tive evidence of an attack, tinez died a few hours later. larbone, according to the
the FBI said in a statement The partner— who suffered 11-page report. She found
Wednesday. The investiga- from head injuries— was brain hemorrhaging but no
tion will continue and the released from the hospital other internal injuries.
reward of up to $50,000 for after several days, but told A Border Patrol union, the
information that closes the investigators he could not National Border Patrol
case will remain. remember the incident. Council, has previously said
"To date none of the more The FBI release Wednesday the pair was attacked and
than 650 interviews com- noted that a dispatcher, struck with a rock or rocks.
pleted, locations searched, who was among the peo- Messages left with repre-
or evidence collected and ple interviewed by investi- sentatives of the group
analyzed have produced gators, took the call from were not immediately re-
evidence that would sup- the surviving agent. Ac- turned Wednesday. Trump,
This image distributed by the FBI on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in El port the existence of a cording to the release, the Sen. Ted Cruz and Texas
Paso, Texas, shows a request for information in the death of U.S. scuffle, altercation, or at- dispatcher wrote in his log Gov. Greg Abbott also
Customs and Border Protection Agent Rogelio Martinez, who tack on November 18, that, "(He) thinks they (both have said the two were at-
succumbed to traumatic head injuries and broken bones suf- 2017," said the release from agents) ran into a culvert." tacked, with Trump using
fered while on duty.
(FBI via AP) the El Paso office of Emmer- An autopsy report from the the incident to renew his
son Buie, a special agent in El Paso County medical call for a border wall be-
By CLAUDIA LAUER a U.S. Border Patrol agent charge. examiner's office released tween the U.S. and Mexi-
Associated Press has yielded no evidence Rogelio Martinez died from Tuesday night shed little co. Trump has repeatedly
DALLAS (AP) — FBI officials that there was a "scuffle, injuries he sustained while light on what caused the linked immigration to crimi-
said the investigation into altercation or attack" more he and his partner were re- serious injuries that Martinez nality in making his case for
the November death of than two months after Pres- sponding to reports of un- suffered. The report listed tighter border security.q
Naked airline passenger taken for psychiatric examination

By MARK THIESSEN kept going back and forth shortly before 3 a.m. Au- chiatric evaluation. her available to speak to
Associated Press in the aisles and had put on thorities did not release his "No final determination has the AP on the direction of
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) rubber gloves. identity. been made yet wheth- the airport manager, who
— An Alaska Airlines flight "Alaska Airlines flight 146 "The police came on and er or not charges will be didn't return a message.
to Seattle was forced to from Anchorage to Se- took him out the back brought," Chloe Martin, a "Flight attendants did find
return to Anchorage early attle returned to Anchor- door," said Danyluk, an An- spokeswoman for the U.S. that the subject was na-
Wednesday after a pas- age due to a passenger chorage teacher who was attorney's office in Alaska, ked," Perry said, without
senger locked himself in not following flight atten- taking a "green escape" to said by email. elaborating.
the bathroom, took off all dant's instructions. While no attend a garden show in "There was a subject on the Danyluk didn't see the
his clothes, and refused to emergency was declared, Seattle. aircraft that had barricad- man, and said several oth-
follow crew instructions. the decision was made to Staci Feger-Pellessier, a ed or locked himself in the er men were standing near
Kate Danyluk, a passen- return to Anchorage," Alas- spokeswoman for the An- bathroom, the lavatory," the bathroom to shield the
ger on the flight, told The ka Airlines spokesman Tim chorage FBI office, said in airport police Sgt. Darcy view. She had heard "he
Associated Press she knew Thompson said in an email. an email Thursday morning Perry told Anchorage tele- had taken off his clothes
something was wrong be- Airport police and FBI met that the man was taken to vision station KTVA. Her and he just wasn't in his
cause the flight attendants the plane when it landed a local hospital for a psy- office declined to make right mind." q