United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Monday, May 6, 2002
Age: 34
Tour of Duty: 4 years
Badge Number: V-332
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: May 6, 2002
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Border Patrol Agent Roberto Duran was killed when his patrol vehicle overturned while on patrol on Federal Route 15 near Chuichu on the Tohono O'odham Reservation in Arizona.
Agent Duran was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Persian Gulf War. He had served with the United States Border Patrol for four years and was assigned to the Chula Vista Border Patrol Station in San Diego, California. He was on a temporary assignment to the Casa Grande Station in Tucson, Arizona. He was a member of the 361st Academy Session and is buried at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery in Texas. He is survived by his wife and four children.