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Family of slain ICE agent files wrongful death claim
Posted: 06.20.2012 at 4:59 PM
Action 4 News Staff

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Read more:  Local, Crime, News, Jaime Zapata, Mary Zapata, Slain ICE Agent, ICE Agent, El Piolin, Julian Zapata Espinosa, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Shooting, Mexico City, ICE Special Agent, Victor Avila, Zetas, Brownsville, Cameron County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The family of an Immigration and Customs agent slain in Mexico has filed a wrongful death claim against the U.S. government.

A South Texas law firm representing the family of ICE Agent Jaime Zapata filed the claim. The claim notice is a precursor to a lawsuit.

Zapata was killed in a roadside attack near San Luis Potosi in northern Mexico in February 2011. Fellow agent Victor Avila was wounded.

In the weeks after the killing, U.S. authorities concluded that a gun used in the shooting was smuggled into Mexico from the United States.

(Copyright ©2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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