BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS—
Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Patrol
Nonvenomous insect bites · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
Final narrative
A Border Patrol Agent was bitten by a tick and eventually required hospitalization.
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