Fired FBI Agent Carlos Ortiz Accused of Plotting to Kill Boss Robert Casey Jr.

(Aug. 27) -- A former FBI agent in Texas has been arrested and accused of plotting to kill his boss.

Carlos Ortiz, who worked for the agency for 21 years in Dallas, was talking openly about shooting his boss, Special Agent in Charge Robert Casey Jr., and defacing his grave, according to a complaint filed against Ortiz in district court.

The complaint states that Ortiz, who was arrested Wednesday, was "extremely agitated and angry."

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Authorities said they found a letter in which Ortiz accused Casey of being involved with Ortiz's wife, who also works for the FBI. "Casey has broken me as a man and a human being," the letter read, according to The Dallas Morning News.

An FBI spokesman told the newspaper that there was no truth to Ortiz's accusation.

Ortiz was placed on unpaid leave in May 2010, pending termination proceedings. Ortiz repeatedly bemoaned the fact that his superiors were interfering in his private life and in his marriage in particular.

The former FBI agent is locked in a divorce struggle with his third wife and told a friend about plans to cut out her eyes, according to the complaint.

He had apparently become enraged upon discovering that the couple's son had head lice. Ortiz had planned to use an appointment for his wife to pick up the boy as an opportunity to kill her, the complaint states.

Ortiz's friends warned her that he was unstable, and she sent a friend to pick up the boy instead. Gary Lachman, a longtime friend of Ortiz, urged him not to think so violently and to consider how his actions would affect his son.

"He'll survive," Ortiz responded, according to the complaint.

On Wednesday, Ortiz was summoned to FBI offices and dismissed, according to The Dallas Morning News.

"It is apparent that your conduct has been erratic and dangerous for years," the bureau's dismissal letter to Ortiz stated, according to the newspaper. "Your latest bout of aggression is simply further evidence of your unsuitability to remain an FBI agent."

As soon as he was fired, Ortiz was arrested.

Ortiz appeared in court Thursday on charges of threatening to kill a federal law enforcement officer. FBI agents testified that when they searched his home, they found dozens of weapons and a Bible open to passages that talk about God dealing with one's enemies.

After the hearing, Ortiz's father, Carlos Ortiz Valles, complained that Casey was working to remove "Spanish" agents from the office and that his daughter-in-law was lying about abuse.

"These people had it in for my son," he said, according to The Dallas Morning News.

"My son is more sane than I am," Valles told the Dallas-Fort Worth Fox affiliate. "So he had a few boxes of ammo -- he goes out to target practice."