Border Patrol agent died in a single-vehicle rollover on the Tohono O'odham Reservation.
Agent George Debates of the Casa Grande Border Patrol station was traveling through the village of Pisinimo, along Federal Route 21, when he overcorrected his vehicle and rolled at least once.  The Border Patrol says the accident occurred yesterday afternoon in an area south of State Route 86.  A veteran of over four years, Agent Debates was a graduate of Border Patrol Academy Class 403 and had worked at both Casa Grande and Nogales Border Patrol Stations. He was 32-years-old. Agent Debates is the fourth CBP Border Patrol agent to die in the line of duty since December 16, 2003. The four Border Patrol agents represent the only Department of Homeland Security employees to die since the Department’s creation in March of 2003.

Debates is survived by his mother Carol of Wisconsin.

Agency Information:
United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection
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