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San Benito police officers carry the casket of Lt. Milton Resendez during a funeral mass at St. Benedict Catholic Church on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in San Benito. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)
SAN BENITO — In one of the city’s biggest funeral ceremonies, hundreds of law enforcement officers Thursday joined Lt. Milton Resendez’s family to honor San Benito’s first police officer killed in the line of duty.
Lt. Lupi Andrade places a red rose on the casket of Lt. Milton Resendez Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, as the San Benito community along with law enforcement from across the country and Rio Grande Valley gather at San Benito Memorial Park Cemetery. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)San Benito police officer Oscar Lara mourns and consoles Missy Resendez, the wife of Lt. Milton Resendez, as the San Benito community along with law enforcement from across the country and Rio Grande Valley gather at San Benito Memorial Park Cemetery, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, to pay their respects to San Benito’s first police officer killed in the line of duty. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)Missy Resendez, the wife of Lt. Milton Resendez, receives a folded U.S. flag Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, as the San Benito community along with law enforcement from across the country and Rio Grande Valley gather at San Benito Memorial Park Cemetery in memory of Resendez, who was killed in the line of duty. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)Missy Resendez, the wife of Lt. Milton Resendez, holds a folded U.S. flag Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, as the San Benito community along with law enforcement from across the country and the Rio Grande Valley gather at San Benito Memorial Park Cemetery to pay their respects to San Benito’s first police officer killed in the line of duty. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)Missy Resendez, the wife of Lt. Milton Resendez, mourns over his casket as she places a red rose in his memory Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. The San Benito community, along with law enforcement from across the country and the Rio Grande Valley, gathered at San Benito Memorial Park Cemetery in memory of Resendez, who was killed in the line of duty. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)A funeral mass is held for Lt. Milton Resendez at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in San Benito. The San Benito community, along with law enforcement from across the country and the Rio Grande Valley, gathered at the church in memory of Resendez, who was killed in the line of duty. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)San Benito police officers carry the casket of Lt. Milton Resendez during a funeral mass at St. Benedict Catholic Church on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in San Benito. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)San Benito police officers carry the casket of Lt. Milton Resendez during a funeral mass at St. Benedict Catholic Church on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023, in San Benito. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald)
