Texas National Guard soldier drowns trying to rescue migrants
Priscilla Aguirre
April 22, 2022
Updated: April 22, 2022 1:02 p.m.
A view of the Rio Grande river from the US side of the US-Mexican border, between the cities of Eagle Pass (Texas) and Piedras Negras (Mexico). Some people bathe from the Mexican bank of the Rio Grande with the background of the railway bridge that unites the two countries.
A Texas National Guard soldier drowned while trying to rescue migrants struggling with swift currents in the Rio Grande River at the state's border with Mexico on Friday, April 22, according to a report from the Washington Post.
The Texas Military Department public staff told MySA.com that the soldier has not been found.
Lt. Christopher Olivarez of the Texas Department of Public Safety said the soldier was carried away by the current during the rescue attempt near Eagle Pass, a border city about 140 miles southwest of San Antonio. Olivarez told the Washington Post the Guard member was part of the border security initiative Operation Lone Star, which was launched by Gov. Greg Abbott in March 2021.
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