| Border Patrol Agent Ricardo Guillermo Salinas
United States Department of Justice - Border Patrol
U.S. Government
End of Watch: Tuesday, July 7, 1998 Biographical Info
Age: 24
Tour of Duty: 1 year
Badge Number: 7160 Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Tuesday, July 7, 1998
Incident Location: Texas
Weapon Used: Rifle; MK-90
Suspect Info: Shot and killed Agent Salinas was shot and killed after a car chase in Texas. Agent Salinas and two other Border Patrol agents were assisting a local agency trying to stop the suspects who had just committed another murder. Agent Salinas was shot in the head with an MK-90 rifle. The suspect had just shot and killed Agent Susan Rodriguez.
A Cameron County sheriff's deputy was also shot and critically wounded. The three officers were re-entering their cruisers when the suspect came out of a cornfield and ambushed them. None of them had time to return fire. The suspect was then taken into custody after a gunfight with several other officers at the scene and died later in the day from his wounds.
Agent Salinas had served with the Border Patrol for 1 year. He was survived by his parents and sister. Related Line of Duty Deaths | 
