Roll of Honor
Xavier G. Magdaleno
Incident
Location: Texas Incident Date: Wednesday, May 10, 1989
Border Patrol Agent Xavier Magdaleno succumbed to injuries sustained exactly six years earlier when his patrol vehicle was struck by a Southern Pacific Railroad train near the Mexican border in El Paso, Texas.
He and his partner were pursuing a group of suspected illegal aliens in the railroad yard at W Paisano Drive and Executive Center Boulevard when their vehicle became stuck in rock slag near a crossing at about 10:30 am. An oncoming train struck their vehicle and both agents were ejected from it. The vehicle landed on Agent Magdaleno, causing paralysis from the neck down. He required a ventilator for the next six years until his death.
Agent Magdaleno had served with the United States Border Patrol for nine years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife, daughter, and two sons.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Border Patrol Agent Magdaleno gave the United States Department of Justice 9 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Border Patrol Agent Magdaleno.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Border Patrol Agent Xavier G. Magdaleno is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In DC, 454 of 1,419 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 32% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol, 46 of 68 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 67.6% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Xavier G. Magdaleno's cause is highlighted.
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When Accident Deaths Occur
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