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while on duty was not equipped with a flotation device when he jumped in the Rio Grande to help a migrant who was struggling to swim across, state officials said Wednesday.before search crews found his body Monday, was among the more than 6,100 guard members stationed on the border as part of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's massive border security mission known as Operation Lone Star. The mission has 43 flotation devices for guard members who are assigned to boat missions, Maj. Gen.
Suelzer said that since Evans' death, guard members have been instructed not to go in the water unless they have special training. Migrant rescues by Border Patrol are common along Texas' 1,200-mile border with Mexico. Attempted crossings are sometimes deadly.
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