The death of an on-duty Border Patrol agent earlier this month was the result of an underlying heart condition.

Agent Robert Hotten, 44, died from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, Pima County medical examiner Gregory Hess told the Washington Examiner Wednesday afternoon.

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