National guard soldier Bishop Evans, 22, attempted to save two people he believed were drowning but did not resurface
They appeared to be drowning, and after shedding his radio as well as body armor, Evans jumped in to try to rescue them, said statements from local officials and the Texas military department, which administers the state’s national guard.
The two people whom Evans was trying to help made it safely across the river, and US Customs and Border Patrol detained both. Investigators accused the pair of being “involved in illicit transnational narcotics trafficking,” Texas military department officialsEvans joined the Texas national guard in May 2019 and was assigned to the A Battery, 4-133rd Field Artillery Regiment in New Braunfels, the state military department added in a statement Sunday.
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