Body recovered of Texas border soldier who drowned trying to save two people

Bishop Evans jumped into the Rio Grande on Friday to save two people he thought were struggling to swim across

Search crews on Monday recovered the body of a Texas national guard soldier who apparently drowned three days earlier while trying to save two people he believed were struggling to swim across the Rio Grande near the US southern border.

The 22-year-old soldier, Bishop E Evans, was working in Eagle Pass as part of a border security operation under the direction of the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott. Evans' superiors hailed him as selfless" and condemned the people he was trying to save as suspected drug traffickers attempting to enter the country without permission.