District attorney seeking death penalty against Laredo BP agent

Ronald Anthony Burgos-Aviles, 28, appeared in court for the first time on April 19, asking the judge to set a bond and seeking his release for lack of probable cause. Ronald Anthony Burgos-Aviles, 28, appeared in court for the first time on April 19, asking the judge to set a bond and seeking his release for lack of probable cause. Photo: Laredo Morning Times Photo: Laredo Morning Times Image 1 of / 12 Caption Close District attorney seeking death penalty against Laredo BP agent 1 / 12 Back to Gallery

Prosecutors in Laredo are seeking the death penalty against the Border Patrol agent accused of killing his lover and their 1-year-old child.

The agent, Ronald Anthony Burgos-Aviles, 29, was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday in the 49th District Court on two counts of capital murder.

"After careful thought and consideration of all of the evidence, I have decided to pursue the death penalty against Ronald Anthony Burgos-Aviles," Webb County District Attorney Isidro Alaniz said in a statement. "A Webb County jury will decide if he is guilty and if so, whether death or life in prison is the appropriate punishment."

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On April 9, Burgos-Aviles discovered a body in the brush by Bristol Road and Allen Drive, which is near Father Charles McNaboe Park. He requested assistance from other agents and also called LPD to ask for an ambulance for a woman who was found with lacerations to her head.

She was lying face down with a large amount of blood near her head and the front of her abdomen. An assisting agent located a second body in close proximity to the woman. The child had blood on his pants and on his neck area. Across from where the child was located, a stroller was discovered with blood on the seat. LPD detectives also located an abandoned white Mercedes sedan, which was owned by the woman's sister, Angelica Hernandez. Hernandez told detectives that her sister, Grizelda Hernandez, was to meet her son's father at the park nearby.

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Hernandez said to LPD that his name was Anthony Aviles and was employed as a Border Patrol agent. After determining that Burgos-Aviles was a person of interest, he was taken to police headquarters for questioning. During his questioning, authorities searched his Border Patrol unit. Two cellphones were recovered. They belonged to Grizelda Hernandez. Burgos-Aviles and the victim had several exchanges via different social media networks regarding their son, Dominic Alexander Hernandez, authorities said.

At the crime scene, the medical examiner pronounced Grizelda Hernandez dead at 2:44 p.m. due to multiple stab wounds to the face and neck area. She also had defensive wounds on her hands, authorities said. Dominic Hernandez was pronounced dead at 2:46 p.m. due to a stab wound to his neck and heart.

Burgos-Aviles remains in custody at the Webb County Jail with no bond.