A Texas security helicopter crashes on the Mexican border

a helicopter of the Department of Public Safety Texas A patrol on the state’s border with Mexico crashed Thursday night, an agency spokeswoman said.

The single engine helicopter with the pilot and co-pilot crashed at 7.20 pm on Thursday. Kinney County after one Complete loss of energy“, Lt. Chris Olivarez, spokesman for the department, Social Network X, previously indicated on Twitter.

The co-pilot received a minor injury to the hand and The helicopter was severely damagedOlivarez said.

The official did not provide information about the pilot and has not yet responded to a message sent Friday requesting more details.

The accident was reported to the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration, Olivarez added.

Neither agency responded to messages seeking comment Friday.

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Olivarez said the helicopter was taking off border patrol As part of Operation Lone StarThe Texas governor’s nearly $10 billion border mission, Greg Abbottwhich has tested the federal government’s authority over immigration.

The mission includes arresting people who enter the state without legal authorization Invasion of private propertyTransporting immigrants on buses to cities led by Democrats, erecting barbed wire along the border and buoy barriers on the long river that divides the United States with Mexico.

Abbott also flew 120 flights Migrants to Chicago, in addition to its bus transit operations.

The crash occurred in rural Kinney County, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) northeast of the Texas-Mexico border and about 120 miles (193 kilometers) southwest of San Antonio.

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