Border Patrol officials address agent's death
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Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent Paul A. Beeson delivers a statement about the death of Border Patrol Agent Manuel Alvarez. Alvarez died while on duty southwest of Tucson on Aug. 11, 2016. Video by Carmen Duarte / Arizona Daily Star.
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Agents were patrolling on motorcycles.
Man is facing charges of second-degree murder.
Two family members were killed when car crashed into a hill.
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