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Border Patrol Agent Charged With Capital Murder In Texas

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Posted on December 5, 2018 · Juan David Ortiz confessed to shooting four women in the head and leaving their bodies on rural roadsides.

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This image provided by the Webb County Sheriff’s Office shows Juan David Ortiz, a U.S. Border Patrol supervisor who was jailed Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, on a $2.5 million bond in Texas, accused in the killing of at least four women. Ortiz was nabbed early Saturday after a string of violence against female sex workers in Laredo, Texas, where he is a supervisor with the Border Patrol.

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Border Patrol Agent Who Confessed Killing Four People Remains Jailed on $2.5 Million Bond

Joey Palacios, TPR

Posted on September 17, 2018 · The charges against Juan David Ortiz could be upgraded to capital murder

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