Border Patrol agent whose death is tied to cultlike Zizians is buried with military honors WSOC TV [Video]

MINNEAPOLIS — (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent whose killing in Vermont during a traffic stop near the Canadian border has been tied to a cultlike group was buried with full military honors Saturday at a national cemetery in Minnesota.

David Maland, 44, died Jan. 20 during the stop on Interstate 91 in Conventry, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) south of the border with Canada. The driver of the stopped car is accused of opening fire on Maland and other agents, sparking a shootout that left her companion dead. Both belonged to a group called the Zizians that may be linked to six deaths in three states, investigators said.

Maland was memorialized at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis during a funeral attended by family, friends, community members and Border Patrol agents from around the country.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ordered flags to fly at half-staff in Maland’s honor.

A native of Minnesota, Maland, who went by Chris, served in the Air Force and the State …