United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, U.S. Government
End of Watch: Wednesday, January 20, 1999
Age: 51
Tour of Duty: 24 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Date of Incident: January 20, 1999
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Senior Patrol Agent Rene Garza suffered a fatal heart attack while on horseback patrol in Skeleton Canyon, New Mexico.
He had served with the United States Border Patrol for 24 years and had been stationed at the Lordsburg, New Mexico, station for his entire career.