Texas officials say a National Guard member who drowned on the U.S.-Mexico border while on duty wasn't wearing a flotation device and had not been issued one
FILE - A father carries his daughter over the Rio Grande river toward Del Rio, Texas, from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, Sept. 22, 2021. A Texas National Guard member who drowned on the U.S.-Mexico border was not wearing a flotation device, and had not been issued one, when he jumped in the Rio Grande to help a migrant who was struggling to swim across, state officials said Wednesday, April 27, 2022. AUSTIN, Texas — — A Texas National Guard member who drowned on the U.S.
Suelzer said that since Evans' death, guard members have been instructed not to go in the water unless they have special training. Migrant rescues by Border Patrol are common along Texas' 1,200-mile border with Mexico. Attempted crossings are sometimes deadly.
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