Roll of Honor
Jesus Anaya
Incident
Location: Texas Incident Date: Friday, June 11, 2021
Border Patrol Agent Jesus Anaya died as a result of contracting COVID-19 on June 11, 2021, while assigned to the Brownsville Border Patrol Station at 940 FM511 in Olmito, Texas.
Agent Anaya was treated in hospitals and rehabilitation facilities since contracting COVID-19 and was in the process of medical retirement when he succumbed to complications and passed away.
Agent Anaya had served with the United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol for over 16 years.
COVID-19 and Law Enforcement
Border Patrol Agent Jesus Anaya died on May 23, 2024 of COVID-19 contracted in the line of duty. He was 38.
He is one of 884 officers honored here, and one of 17 at United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol.
Beginning in early 2020, law enforcement officers across the country contracted COVID-19 in the course of their duties. While much of the nation sheltered at home, they kept answering calls, making arrests, transporting prisoners, and working face to face with the public. There was no distance to be had from the job.
Corrections officers were hit hardest. Confined facilities and large populations meant constant, close, unavoidable exposure.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and three children.
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Tributes
The country locked its doors. You kept working.
Border Patrol Agent Anaya gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 16 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Border Patrol Agent Anaya.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Border Patrol Agent Jesus Anaya is one of 2,974 officers lost to illness connected to their service across the full record of this memorial — 9.1% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In DC, 137 of 1,419 officers were lost to illness connected to their service — 9.7% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points above the national rate of 9.1%.
At United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol, 21 of 63 officers on record were lost to illness connected to their service — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Illness compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jesus Anaya's cause is highlighted.
How Jesus Anaya Compares
When Illness Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Illness deaths across the full memorial record. Jesus Anaya is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
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