United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Monday, August 4, 1986
Age: 26
Tour of Duty: 1 year
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: August 4, 1986
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Border Patrol Agent Norman Salinas was killed in an automobile crash when the van he was using to transport a prisoner overturned on a curve on I-35 south of Cotulla, Texas, at approximately 1:20 am.
Both he and the prisoner were ejected from the vehicle and killed on the scene.
Agent Salinas was a United States Air Force veteran and had served with the United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol for one year. He was survived by his wife, two daughters, mother, father. two brothers, and a sister.