Two service members have been killed along America’s Southern Border.
The incident was announced in a post on X by U.S. Northern Command on behalf of Joint Task Force-Southern Border.
The service members were involved in a crash that took place at about 8:50 a.m. local time on Tuesday, the post said.
Two service members were killed while a third was hospitalized in serious condition, the post said.
Joint Task Force Southern Border News: Vehicle accident near Santa Teresa, New Mexico results in service member fatalities pic.twitter.com/rSuouP0Zt4
— U.S. Northern Command (@USNorthernCmd) April 16, 2025
Circumstances of the crash were not released in the post, except to say the incident took place near Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
The names of those involved were not released.
According to KTSM-TV, the crash took place along New Mexico Highway 9.
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Firefighters responded to the crash near the Santa Teresa Border Patrol Station shortly before 10 a.m.
In March, U.S. Northern Command announced the creation of the Joint Task Force-Southern Border “to tactically synchronize Department of Defense (DOD) efforts to secure and seal the southern border.”
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