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Jealousy sparked border agents' deadly gunfight rampage
Ernest Moore killed four people including Border Patrol agents Susan Lynn Rodriguez and Ricardo Salinas during a jealous rampage over an ex girlfriend. Rodriguez, a 1992 recruit with a young child, and Salinas from San Antonio died alongside local officers and a bystander in Rio Hondo near San Benito. Moore then died in a shootout after ambushing officers returning to his home.
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San Benito
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Ernest Moore
Susan Lynn Rodriguez
Trol
Ricardo Guillermo Salinas
Moore
Chad Bender
Harlingen
Rio Hondo
Margarita Flores
Delia Morin
Flores
Dan Morin
Carlos Gonzalez
Morins
Houston Chronicle
Julie Cox
Donald
Cox
Chronicle
Border Patrol
Ocal
Texas Department of Public Safety
Rodriguez
el Paso
Steve Williams
Salinas
San Antonio
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