Two Texas border agents found dead in Arizona

TUCSON, Ariz. – Two off-duty border agents based in Texas were found dead Friday southwest of Tucson.

The male and female agents, who worked for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in El Paso, Texas, were found by a Tohono O’odham Nation police officer who was responding to a report of an abandoned vehicle, the tribe said.

It’s not known what the two agents were doing in Arizona, said Doug Mosier, a spokesman for the Border Patrol in El Paso.

The male agent worked for the Border Patrol for 15 years, his female colleague for more than two years.