Border Patrol agent Freddie Vasquez died last May from COVID-19, which he contracted in the line of duty. Now, benefits set side for his family are set to expire in 2030.
Border Patrol K-9 handler Freddie Vasquez died from COVID-19 that he contracted in the line of duty in February 2021., a small town just north of El Paso in West Texas, Feb. 12, 2021, about four illegal immigrants who had just been stopped in a vehicle by local police.
"Seeing him wasting away — that was just heart-wrenching," his wife, Inez Vasquez, told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview."Prior to all this, he was a person who was very full of life. He was a people person, very social. This man never met a stranger, honestly. He was somebody who could strike up a conversation with anybody anywhere."
Freddie developed pneumonia and died May 8, 2021, nearly three months after battling a disease that has claimed the lives of at least 63 other"It takes a very special person, and not just Border Patrol. But I think, in general, any law enforcement officer who puts on that uniform, and every time they wear that uniform and go out there, they are the people that run towards danger while the rest of us are running away looking for safety.
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