At least two people were killed after a national Guard helicopter with one national Guardsman and three Border Patrol agents on Board crashed near the US-Mexico border in Texas.
According to officials, the chopper went down in La Grulla, a tiny town in Starr County along the Rio Grande River.
One National Guardsman and three Border Patrol agents were aboard the helicopter at the time of the crash.
Texas Department of Public Safety South Regional Director Escalon states that the crash involved a military helicopter on federal orders working with Border Patrol.
Border Patrol sources state that Mexican cartel members were watching the helicopter on one of its drones when it crashed. They zoomed their cameras in on the wreck and were heard laughing in a clip posted on cartel social media.
