Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you for trying to protect us from the illegals who compromise the safety and security of our wonderful nation. God speed Agent Rosas. You and your family, friends and coworkers will be in our prayers.

Grateful Citizen

July 26, 2009

A tragic loss. May you be remembered for who you are and the lives that you touched. God rest for you are not forgotten.

Inspector 436
US Customs Detroit

July 26, 2009

On behalf of all Missouri law enforcement officers, dispatchers and the like, we extend our sincere sympathy to the family, fellow officers and friends of Agent Rosas. Thank you for your service. Rest in Peace our fallen hero.

Scott Barthelmass, Founder/Team Manager
Missouri Law Enforcement Funeral Assistance Team

July 25, 2009

RIP brother, I know you will be missed by all that you knew you. To your family, I pray for peace in the midst of a storm.

Border Patrol Agent
US Border Patrol

July 25, 2009

So tragic, rest in peace and rest easy sir. Condolences to your friends, family, and agency.

PO Best
LVMPD - Las Vegas, NV

July 25, 2009

Gone but not forgotten. Rest in peace brother. Honor First.

Anonymous

July 25, 2009

God bless you. May you rest in peace.

Olivares
OBP

July 25, 2009

Thank you for your service to your nation. You died keeping America safe and I will never forget you for that. God bless you and your family.

Officer C. Walker #1578
Plano PD, Texas

July 25, 2009

Rest in peace Agent Rosas, you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. Thank you very much for your service!

Shelly
Citizen

July 25, 2009

To Mrs. Rosas you are in my prayers and to the very young children of this hero, may they grow up to know that their daddy is a hero who will not be forgotten. God bless you all.

Deb Azure
Mother of Deputy Renee Danell Azure
EOW 08/06/02

Anonymous

July 25, 2009

Robert is such an amazing person and he will always be remembered. I remember the fun times in high school and our class reunion in 2007. May he rest in peace and may his family and friends find the strength to get through this very difficult ordeal. Rosalie, I'm truly sorry for your loss and may your babies be blessed. You don't know how truly saddened I am. My heart is broken :( Robert I miss you!

Cylvia Cota
Friend CUHS CLASS OF 1997

July 25, 2009

I know, from personal experience, how arduous, lonely and dangerous the business of protecting our borders from illegal entry can be.

I am a graduate of the 129th Session of the U. S. Border Patrol academy and I served in the Yuma Sector from April, 1979 until May, 1980 when, for personal reasons, I left the patrol and reenlisted in the Marine Corps.

I recall the nightly patrols along the U. S.-Mexico border and performing 'sign-cutting'; the USBP's method of determining that an illegal incursion has been made; calling in the foot sign over the radio and starting the job of tracking the illegal entrant(s) by means of a hand-held spotlight held in the left hand while leaning out of the driver's side window and shining the light over the foot tracks of the individual and keeping the sign on the left of the vehicle while driving a 4-wheel drive vehicle through the desert.

My fellow agents and myself were aware of the fact that we were perfectly illuminated inside our Dodge Ramchargers (our SUV's @ that time) and of the possibility of being shot at while performing our duties, although we did not dwell on this ever present danger.

While 'cutting' four illegals one night in the Sonora Desert south of Yuma, I came close to driving over them and probably would have, had they not jumped up, shouting and waving their arms. I remember looking up through the windshield and, seeing them, hitting the brakes before striking them.

Another time, while working a day shift, I decided to take my lunch along the Yuma Main Canal. I exitted my vehicle with my Gott cooler in hand, and sat down with my legs dangling over the side of the canal. The headgate was open at the time and as I reached in to get a sandwich from my cooler, my boots slipped on the mossy-like algae that had formed on the side of the canal. I began to slip into the canal with my arms behind me, digging in and trying with all my might to hold on and prevent myself from going down into the canal with its roiling water entering through the floodgate. I managed to roll over onto my stomach, arms completely outstretched, nails digging into the dirt at the top of the bank, and was finally able to pull myself (by brute strength) out of the canal. I was soaking wet from the waist down. I knew that had I lost my tenuous grip on the bank, I would not have been found until my body was located floating somewhere in Mexico!

My hat is off to the men and women of the United States Border Patrol who so bravely perform their mission of protecting our borders against illegal entry on the loneliest stretches of the border, day and night, around -the-clock, year-round.

Thank you for your selfless sacrifice which all too often is accomplished without a hint of 'thanks' and all too often goes unnoticed.

My deepest and heartfelt condolences go out to the wife and family of Agent Rosas for your loss. Words can not express what you feel at this time. My prayers are with Agent Rosas and your family at this time of grief.

GySgt Michael Knox USMC (Ret)
Former U.S. Border Patrol Agent

July 25, 2009

My heart goes out to your family and everyone whose life you touched. Thank you for giving this country your selflessness, love, and ultimately - life. You fell as a hero. We will always remember you.

Stephanie Wood, Philadelphia, Penna.
Sister to an officer, Fountain Hill, Penna.

July 25, 2009

Agent Rosas,

May God lead you home brother and may you rest in peace. My prayers and those of my family and friends are with your wife and children during this difficult time.

Please watch over us as we carry on the fight!

Your Brother in Green

FOS
Tucson Sector

July 25, 2009

Agent Rosas,
I will pray for your family during these difficult times, but I also pray that those cowards who did this will get what they deserve. Their hell will be hot. Rest in peace now brother, we'll take it from here. You will never be forgotten.

Sgt Nyce
Broward Sheriff's Office

July 25, 2009

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13

Anonymous

July 25, 2009

May God bless your soul and may He keep watch over your family. Thank you for your service.

police officer Charles E. Antol#8268
Chicago Police Department

July 25, 2009

Rest in Peace my Brother, God Bless you, your family and your Dept.

OFFCIER BOB SWOPE #5609
OLMSTED FALLS POLICE DEPT.OHIO

July 25, 2009

god bless you brother may you rest in peace.

Anonymous

July 25, 2009

Rest In Peace Brother. Know that your killer will be found and dealt with. My condolences to your Family and the US DHS.

PO Fred Nordt
Lake Success Pd, Long Island, NY

July 25, 2009

Border Patrol Agent Robert Wimer Rosas :
May God bless you in the herafter with honor and glory and your family with great comfort and strength during this time of your loss and our national grieving. All Americans salute you and the courageous Border Patrol. What a truly great loss to our country. May the guilty be found and charged , may the feet of justice run speedily.

KS Huffman
US Citizen

July 25, 2009

My sincerest sympathy to the family and friends of Border Patrol Agent Robert Wimer Rosas as well as to the United States Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Border Patrol. Rest in pease Agent Rosas, you are gone but will not be forgotten...

Dispatcher Sue Rusch
Punta Gorda PD, Punta Gorda FL

July 25, 2009

REST IN PEACE BROTHER.

INVESTIGATOR BOB CAMERON
CLEVELAND HTS PD (OHIO)

July 25, 2009

Rest in Peace my brother.

BP AGENT
Border Patrol

July 25, 2009

Last year BOP lost an officer in Atwater, CA. As a union member and agency employee it is a horrible thing to have happen. My family and I send our thoughts and prayers to Officer Rosas family and friends.

Senior Officer Specialist Phil Glover
Bureau of Prisons, DOJ

July 25, 2009