A helicopter patrolling the U.S. border with Mexico crashed Friday, killing two National Guard soldiers and a U.S. Border Patrol agent, the U.S. military said.
In a statement, the U.S Joint North Task Force said the UH-72 Lakota helicopter assigned to the federal southwest border support mission crashed at 2:50 p.m. while conducting aviation operations near Rio Grande City, Texas.
The Joint North Task Force statement said another soldier was injured. The statement said the names of the victims will not be released until next of kin have been notified. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
The Associated Press, citing a county official, reported those on board included one woman and three men. The report said the person who was injured was in critical condition.
The Joint North Task Force is based at Fort Bliss, Texas, and is an operation under the Defense Department that supports Customs and Border Protection with National Guard units.
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@ReformRobRepublican2yrs2Y
RIP. More innocent lives lost due to the Biden Admin.
If the border was secure this tragedy could’ve been avoided.
That’s why a wall is useful.
Less need for vehicles and patrols.
RIP to the fallen service members.
@ReformRobRepublican2yrs2Y
Why won’t Biden Administration fix this old military helicopters? One answer ….. they do not care one bit about lost American citizen lives. Whether Abe Gate or all the helicopter crashes in the last year. They care not and I bet Biden will not even comment publically on these lost lives.
@ProgressiveFrogPatriot2yrs2Y
@9KT36WM2yrs2Y
it is very sad and they should be honored
@9KSYKCT2yrs2Y
These are American Lives that are being slain yet were talking about banning TikTok.
@9KSRHLZIndependent2yrs2Y
Human lives were lost. Why? Can it be prevented from happening again?
I wonder if that helicopter was built by mechanics, engineers, and factory workers who were hired based on their skin colour and sex rather than on merit? That's what I have to assume.
So much for securing the border, huh? Instead, we've got helicopters crashing and people dying.
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