Fox’s Bill Melugin was first to report that a member of the Texas National Guard drowned while trying to save a migrant or group of migrants, possibly a family, that was attempting to cross the Rio Grande into the United States illegally.
This blood is on Biden’s hands. His policies and politics are deliberately creating this situation, and now a servicemember is dead in a selfless act.
BREAKING: Multiple sources tell me a Texas National Guard soldier has just drowned in the Rio Grande here in Eagle Pass while trying to save migrants in the water. Texas DPS confirms, and tells me a body has been recovered. I’m told a statement will be coming out soon. @FoxNews
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) April 22, 2022
The info was confirmed after his initial tweet, and the body has been recovered. Fox News reports:
Fox News' @BillFOXLA reported that a Texas National Guard soldier has drowned in the Rio Grande while attempting to rescue illegal migrants.
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— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) April 22, 2022
This is even more grounds for impeachment, if the coward GOP and McCarthy will do their jobs and live up to their oaths of office.
Foreign and Domestic.
UPDATE: It was reported on Friday that a body was found but it turned out not to be the body of the National Guard member who drowned. Today they are reporting they have found that body:
NEWSMAX – The body of a Texas Army National Guard soldier who tried to save two migrants from drowning has been found, KENS 5 reported Monday.
Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, confirmed that the body of Spc. Bishop E. Evans had been found.
Evans, 22, went missing on Friday while attempting to rescue two migrants who appeared to be drowning in the Rio Grande River.
While speaking in Eagle Pass on border issues, Gonzales spoke about Evans and expressed concern for his family and others living in the border region. KENS 5 reported.
“It’s about those that serve here. It’s about those at work here. It’s about Bishop Evans, who was found today,” Gonzales said. “It’s about his family. It’s about all the families that have been impacted.”
The Texas Military Department, quoting initial reports from the Rangers, said Saturday that the migrants were believed to have been trafficking narcotics across the river at Eagle Pass, Texas when Evans jumped into the fast-flowing river to rescue them.
The two migrants survived and are now in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.
Evans, a field artilleryman and part of the A Battery, 4-133 Field Artillery Regiment in New Braunfels, joined the Texas Army National Guard in May 2019 and has served in Kuwait and Iraq, according to the military department.
“The service member selflessly attempted to help two migrants who appeared to be drowning as they illegally crossed the river from Mexico to the United States,” the Texas Military Department said.