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Former U.S. Border Patrol supervisor Juan David Ortiz reacts as recorder jail phone calls to his wife, Daniella, are played outside the presence of the jury during his capital murder trial at the Cadena-Reeves Justice Center in San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (Jerry Lara/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

Ex-Border Patrol agent convicted of killing 4 women in Texas

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FILE - Capital murder defendant and former U.S. Border Patrol Juan David Ortiz looks around the courtroom before the start of the first day of the trial before Webb County State District Court Judge Oscar J. Hale, on Nov. 28, 2022. Jurors in Ortiz's capital murder trial have heard him confess in a taped interview in early December 2022 to killing four sex workers in South Texas. (Jerry Lara/The San Antonio Express-News via AP, File)

Jurors hear ex-Border Patrol agent’s confession in killing of sex workers

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U.S. Border Patrol agent Juan David Ortiz sits in the 406th District Courtroom at the Webb County Justice Center in Laredo Texas, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. Ortiz has pleaded not guilty to capital murder and other charges in the September killings of four women who prosecutors say were sex workers. (Ricardo Santos/Laredo Morning Times via AP)

Judge won’t reduce bond for Border Agent accused of killings

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US border agent pleads not guilty to killing 4 Texas women

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FILE - This file photo provided by the Webb County Sheriff's Office shows U.S. Border Patrol agent Juan David Ortiz. Ortiz, who confessed to shooting four women in the head and leaving their bodies on rural Texas roadsides, was indicted Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, on a capital murder charge. (Webb County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Border agent indicted for capital murder in 4 Texas deaths

By JAMIE STENGLE - Associated Press

FILE - This file photo provided by the Webb County Sheriff's Office shows U.S. Border Patrol agent Juan David Ortiz. Ortiz, who confessed to shooting four women in the head and leaving their bodies on rural Texas roadsides, was indicted Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, on a capital murder charge. (Webb County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

The Latest: Prosecutor calls woman who escaped ‘very brave’

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FILE - This file photo provided by the Webb County Sheriff's Office shows U.S. Border Patrol agent Juan David Ortiz. Ortiz, who confessed to shooting four women in the head and leaving their bodies on rural Texas roadsides, was indicted Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018, on a capital murder charge. (Webb County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Juan David Ortiz, Border Patrol agent, charged with capital murder

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Border agent arrested in deaths of 4 women denied lower bond

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Border agent arrested in deaths of 4 women wants lower bond

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FILE - This file photo provided by the Webb County Sheriff's Office shows Juan David Ortiz, a U.S. Border Patrol supervisor who was jailed Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, on a $2.5 million bond in Texas, accused in the killing of at least four women. Ortiz was nabbed early Saturday after a string of violence against female sex workers in Laredo, Texas, where he is a supervisor with the Border Patrol. Ortiz's arrest has called attention to the problems the agency has had in keeping &quot;rogue&quot; officers off its force as it faces intense pressure to hire thousands more agents. (Webb County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Agent accused in serial killings lived quiet suburban life

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

Dozens of family members and friends of four women who authorities say were killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent gather for a candlelight vigil at a park in downtown Laredo, Texas, on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. Juan David Ortiz was arrested Saturday while hiding in a hotel parking garage. Investigators believe he fatally shot the four victims during separate attacks after taking each of them to desolate areas outside of Laredo. Investigators say a fifth victim escaped and contacted authorities. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

The Latest: Council member calls women’s deaths a hate crime

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FILE - In this July 31, 2017, file photo, Yuma Sector Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent Anthony Porvaznik, center, administers the oath to prospective U.S. Border Patrol agents at the Yuma Sector Border Patrol Headquarters in Yuma, Ariz. A Border Patrol supervisor's arrest in Laredo, Texas on Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, on allegations that he killed four women has called attention to the problems the agency has had in keeping &quot;rogue&quot; officers off its force as it faces intense pressure to hire thousands more agents. (Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via AP, File) /The Yuma Sun via AP)

Arrest shows challenge of keeping rogues off Border Patrol

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

Law enforcement officers gather near the scene where the body of a woman was found near Interstate 35 north of Laredo, Texas on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. A U.S. Border Patrol agent suspected of killing four women was arrested early Saturday after a fifth woman who had been abducted managed to escape from him and notify authorities, law enforcement officials said, describing the agent as a &quot;serial killer.&quot; (Danny Zaragoza/The Laredo Morning Times via AP)

The Latest: Border Patrol agent targeted vulnerable women

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Law enforcement officers gather near the scene where the body of a woman was found near Interstate 35 north of Laredo, Texas on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018. A U.S. Border Patrol agent suspected of killing four women was arrested early Saturday after a fifth woman who had been abducted managed to escape from him and notify authorities, law enforcement officials said, describing the agent as a &quot;serial killer.&quot; (Danny Zaragoza/The Laredo Morning Times via AP)

Police: Border agent targeted victims for vulnerability

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and MATT SEDENSKY - Associated Press

This image provided by the Webb County Sheriff’s Office shows Juan David Ortiz, a U.S. Border Patrol supervisor who was jailed Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018, on a $2.5 million bond in Texas, accused in the killing of at least four women. Ortiz was nabbed early Saturday after a string of violence against female sex workers in Laredo, Texas, where he is a supervisor with the Border Patrol. (Webb County Sheriff’s Office via AP)

Juan David Ortiz, Border Patrol supervisor, charged with murder in serial killing spree

By Juan A. Lozano - Associated Press