Washington – Two service members deployed on the southern border of the US have died and a third of the car accident near Santa Teresa in New Mexico are in critical condition on Tuesday night. The soldiers were with the first marine division, the joint task force – connected to the southern border.
Military officials say Marines were traveling from Santa Teresa in New Mexico to El Paso in Texas during the incident.
Two killed Marines were identified as 22 -year -old Lance CPL on Thursday. Albert at Riverside in California. Aguilera and 28 -year -old Lance CPL. Marselino M Gamino of Fresono in California.
Aguilera was a war engineer who was listed in March 2021, and Gamino was a war engineer who was listed in May 2022.
The injured third Marine, who was not identified, is in critical condition on Thursday.
The three marines were shifted to the University Medical Hospital in El Paso in Texas, where Aguilera and Gamino were proclaimed dead, in a press release on Thursday, the 1st Marine Department said.
The accident happened during a caravan movement near Santa Teresa.
“LAND CPL loss” I extend my sincere condolences and prayers to the families of our fallen brothers. Now our top priority is to ensure that their families and the marine affected by their deaths are fully supported at this difficult time. “
The area where the accident happened is on the right side of Fort Bliss, a large army station in West Texas, has played an important role in sending military deportation aircraft and served as a touchpoint for thousands of soldiers deployed to the border and tool pieces.
There are soldiers in support of President Trump’s executive order to protect the US-Mexico border. According to the Washington Post, their death is the first creation from the operation, which says that a vehicle is involved in the accident.
A Defense Officer spoke on condition of anonymity for giving additional details, yet the public is not told to the public that there was an accident in a civilian vehicle, and said that no civilian was damaged.
As a result of the accident, the striker sent to the border to patrol the Pentagon was not involved in the vehicle, the official said.
The accident happened around 8:50 pm on Tuesday. The military said the name of the deceased would not be published for 24 hours to inform their next relatives, the army said.
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