The Border Patrol honor guard stands at attention before carrying agent Robert Rosas’ flag-draped coffin from a memorial service at the Southwest High School theater in El Centro. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Rosas’ wife, Rosalie, helps her son, Robert Matthew, 2, put a red rose petal on his father’s casket at Evergreen Cemetery in El Centro. At left, sister-in-law Sylvia Rubio holds Rosas’ 11-month-old daughter, Kayla Allysa. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
U.S. Border Patrol agents are overcome with emotion during a prayer at the cemetery. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Rosalie Davila Rosas carries her children as her husband’s coffin is slowly moved past some of the thousands of Border Patrol agents at the memorial. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
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Border Patrol agents pack into the high school theater for the service. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Border Patrol agents stand at attention as the coffin of fellow agent Robert Rosas is moved into the funeral car. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
