US military helicopter crashes near the Mexico border; three people are deceased

EFE

A helicopter carrying three members of the National Guard and a Border Patrol agent crashed on Friday at the border between the United States and Mexico, in Texas, and three of the people on board died, a local official reported.

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The judge of Starr County, Eloy Vera, the highest official in the region, said that a fourth person on board was in critical condition.

The accident occurred in La Grulla, a small town in Starr County, in the Rio Grande sector, in Mexico, confirmed Chris Olivarez, spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety, to KXAN television, part of the Nexstar group.

The helicopter was supporting federal government military operations in conjunction with the United States Border Patrol.

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In addition, they specified that the said air transport was not part of the Lone Star operation, initiated by the governor of Texas, Republican Greg Abbott, in 2021 to increase border security, which has also deployed several aircraft in border surveillance.

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So far, the authorities have not updated the information about the identity of the deceased and the injured person.