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Border Patrol Honors Fallen Agent Jeffrey Ramirez

Release Date
Fri, 09/14/2018

LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol Laredo Sector and family members of Jeffrey Ramirez, joined together for a commemorative ceremony at the Hebbronville Border Patrol Station. 

Family members, friends and fellow agents gathered at Hebbronville Border Patrol Station for a ceremony commemorating the service of Border patrol Agent who dies in the line of duty on Sept. 15, 2012
Family members, friends and fellow agents
gathered at Hebbronville Border Patrol
Station for a ceremony to commemorate the
service of Border Patrol Agent Jeffrery Ramirez,
who died while protecting our nation's borders
on Sept. 15, 2012. 

On September 14, Laredo Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent Jason D. Owens provided a keynote address for the family, friends, and agents who gathered to pay tribute to Border Patrol Agent Jeffrey Ramirez, who lost his life on September 15, 2012, while protecting our nation’s borders.  For this special tribute, family members and friends of Agent Ramirez also provided words of inspiration and comfort as part of the solemn event.

The ceremony involved the presentation of colors, a 21-gun salute, a flyover by CBP Air and Marine Operations, and other honors bestowed upon a fallen agent.  It concluded with the retirement of the colors by Laredo Sector’s Border Patrol Honor Guard. 

To report suspicious activity such as drug and/or alien smuggling, contact the Laredo Sector Border Patrol toll free telephone number at 1-800-343-1994.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.

Last Modified: Feb 03, 2021