the. the fbi is now offering a reward for information that helps answer questions about an incident in texas that left one border patrol agent dead and another seriously hurt. killed in that accident, agent martinez, who was found with traumatic head injuries and broken bones late saturday night. his partner also suffered major head injuries, but managed to survive. pete williams has been following this story. pete, what are investigators saying at this point about what happened? what they re saying is they re investigating it as a potential assault on a federal agent. but they say they don t know what happened here and they re open to all possibilities. there are several. the border union says it believes the men were attacked by rocks, by smugglers or people crossing the border illegally. drug smugglers perhaps or people coming in bringing others, but there s no conclusive evidence of that. that s why the fbi is offering
however no other law enforcement agencies will confirm that information. as we do know, agent rogelio martinez was so badly injured, he was airlifted to an el paso hospital, but did not survive. tonight, so many unanswered questions make this even more painful for his family. the death of rogelio martinez marks the 125th u.s. border patrol agent to have died in the line of duty. agent martinez is survived by his parents, his brothers, his son, his fiancee, three stepchildren. speak out his fiancee, we understand he was excited to get married soon. another u.s. border patrol agent was also seriously injured. agents say he went to help agent
while the fbi isn t detailing the incident. border patrol union officials and other agents were ambushed and attacked by illegals or drug traffickers while responding to a call. we believe that border patrol agent martinez was ambushed by individuals. he was then violently beaten. and thank god his partner survived who was also gravely badly injured. but it s a very, very violent environment on the border. and i think americans have had enough. agent martinez 36 years old and had been an agent for four years. he leaves behind a grieving father, fiance an 11-year-old son. he is actually a native of el paso. he is the 39th agent killed in the line of duty since 2003. i covered el paso and the border sector quite a bit, guys, some years ago and been on the phone this
activity sunday. his partner remains hospitalized in serious condition. officials say both men had signs of severe head trauma. casey sigel is live in dallas. where does the investigation stand now? reporter: this mystery really continues to grow because fbi officials now say that both men now had severe head injuries and broken bones but still have not publicly said how they were injured. the circumstances, in fact, surrounding what happened out there at the texas/mexico border over the weekend still very murky. the press conference scheduled for the top of the hour. so in less than ten minutes from now. we hope to learn more. we can tell you both agents were found in a culvert area near van horn texas. officials confirmed the men were not shot and they did not come under fire. agent martinez died from his injuries after he was air lifted to a hospital in el paso.
we lost a border patrol officer just yesterday. and another one was brutally beaten and badly, badly hurt. agent rogelio martinez was patrolling the big bend sector. officials say he was working alongside his partner when they responded to a call off interstate 10 and somehow got into trouble. moments later, one of the agents came over the scanner saying they had been hurt and needed help. both men were transported to an area hospital where agent martinez died. we talk about the wall. the recent violence prompted president trump to once again to tout what he thinks it s important to secure the border with mexico. at today s cabinet meeting, the president talked about how his wall plan will help curtail violent crime like this. we need it. it s rough territory. it s where the drugs are coming