20 two-year-old specialist is leap to have drowned after jumping and the river on friday morning in an effort to save th lives of two illegal immigrants the texas rangers say were smuggling drugs. for discovery of his body came is house minority leader kevin m ccarthy and a delegation of house republicans visited eagle pass today. it s about those who live here and those who serve here, those that work here. it s about bishop evans. after specialist evans body was found here in eagle pass this morning, it makes him officially the first texas national guardsmen to die and a mission related incident as par of operation lone star. this border was secure. the administration changed, his executive orders changed. what we have now found is we have had 2 million people come across this border. today border patrol gave the a tour of the river not far fro where evans body was found. it s also where fox news captured dramatic video this
You look at the somber seen here at specialist bishop evans body was removed three days after he jumped in to save the illegal immigrants. his body draped in american flags. you can see him getting salutes from the guardsmen and dps. three days after they jumped into the water. thankfully his family has closure now. they held a press conference in arlington where they spoke about their loved one. bishop has always been a caring, loving child. it was just something that he could not see someone in need or hurting and not help. even if he didn t have it, he would help you get it. and take a look at this video from texas dps from one of their helicopters showing troopers chasing down a group of illegals. they were tracking them, sneaking through a private ranch. they run over local highways.