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Photos of the Texas National Guard, which went missing while trying to rescue migrants crossing an Eagle Pass river, have been released.
The soldier was identified as 22-year-old Bishop E. Evans of Arlington, Texas. He disappeared on Friday after entering a river in Eagle Pass to help two migrants who “seem to be drowning as they crossed the river from Mexico to the United States,” officials said.
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The soldier was identified as 22-year-old Bishop E. Evans, who is from Arlington, Texas. (Courtesy of Evans Family)
In a statement to Fox News, the Texas Department of Defense said Texas Rangers had found in initial reports that the two migrants “were involved in illegal transnational drug trafficking.”
A military spokesman said the force of the river forced the rescue operation to be halted on Friday night, but it was resumed on Saturday.
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The soldier was identified as 22-year-old Bishop E. Evans, who is from Arlington, Texas. (Courtesy of Evans Family)
The unit notified the family of the missing soldier on Friday night.
“The search for the missing TMD soldier will continue until we have exhausted all available resources,” the statement said. “The Texas Department of War is grateful to all interdepartmental partners for their continued support in this operation to find our missing soldier. Our thoughts and prayers remain with the soldier’s family.
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