In memory of
Eric Cespedes
2025
- Their country
- United States of America
- Killed that day
- July 11, 2025, aged 37
Their life
Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Eric Cespedes drowned while attempting to save his children, who were caught in a rip current off South Padre Island, Texas.
Around 3:30 p.m., Agent Cespedes entered the water and pulled his children out of a rip current. When he returned to the beach, he collapsed. Despite immediate life-saving measures, he passed away at Valley Baptist Medical Center.
Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Cespedes had served with the United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol for 17 years, assigned to the Rio Grande Valley Sector.
Survived by
He was survived by his wife, three children, mother, and four siblings.
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