Two National Guard troops and one Border Patrol agent are dead after a helicopter conducting operations along the southern border in Texas crashed.
The UH-72 Lakota helicopter carrying three National Guard troops and a Border Patrol agent was patrolling the border in Starr County when it went down. One National Guard soldier survived and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
General Daniel Hokanson, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, said that he and the National Guard “send our deepest condolences to the families, loved ones, friends & colleagues of the two Army National Guard Soldiers and the U.S. Border Patrol officer killed in today’s helicopter crash in Texas.”
“We mourn these heartbreaking deaths. They are a tragic loss beyond words. We pray for the speedy recovery of a third Guard Soldier who was seriously injured. All of these people represent selfless…
