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Two Marines deployed to the U.S. southern border passed away after their civilian rental vehicle was involved in an accident near Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
A third Marine went to a local medical facility in serious condition.
According to the New York Post, their vehicle “dropped into a 10-foot ditch and rolled over Tuesday along a narrow highway.”
UPDATE: Investigators are working to determine what caused a single-vehicle accident Tuesday morning in New Mexico that killed two Marines deployed to the southwest border mission and critically injured a third.
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Military.com reports:
The three service members were near Santa Teresa, New Mexico, just miles away from El Paso, Texas, and close to the border with Mexico when the incident occurred.
The incident occurred at around 8:50 a.m. Mountain Time on Tuesday, according to the news release from Joint Task Force-Southern Border that was issued the same day. JTF-SB is the entity charged with coordinating an increased military presence at the U.S. border with Mexico following an order by President Donald Trump in January.
The service members were deployed in support of that mission, the statement said, adding that the incident is under investigation. It was unclear what caused the deadly vehicle accident, whether the Marines were on duty, or what they were specifically doing leading up to it.
The names of the deceased were being withheld until the military could notify their next of kin, the statement from JTF-SB continued, a common practice that gives the services time to notify family members of fatalities or injuries before troops’ identities are made public.
NEW: Two Marines deployed to assist in the Trump admin’s southern border crackdown were killed in a vehicle accident after their car dropped into a 10-foot ditch and rolled over Tuesday along a narrow highway in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
The Marines were driving along a two-lane… pic.twitter.com/SyMbUSbuTW
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“Today I am praying for the families of the two Marines who tragically lost their lives in a car accident while deployed to our southern border. Another Marine remains in serious condition, and I am staying in touch with our DOD partners for updates,” Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem said.
“I want to thank @CBP for their quick actions to provide medical support to those involved,” she added.
Today I am praying for the families of the two Marines who tragically lost their lives in a car accident while deployed to our southern border. Another Marine remains in serious condition, and I am staying in touch with our DOD partners for updates.
I want to thank @CBP for…
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) April 16, 2025
From the New York Post:
The Marines were driving along a two-lane highway in a civilian jeep when they tried to pass another vehicle and tumbled into a ditch known as “Snake Canyon,” a hangout spot for both smugglers and snakes, and slammed into a wall of solid rock, sources familiar with the accident told The Post.
A Border Patrol agent who tried to save the service members “was covered head to toe” in blood after responding to the gruesome scene, a source said.
“That area out there is treacherous,” said a source.
The US Northern Command has yet to release the names of the victims as it notifies family and probes the accident, the military said in a statement.
“It would be a horrible place to go off the road because the canyon is right off the shoulder. It has concrete tunnels that run underneath the highway and we have sensors there because illegal aliens hide under it and then get picked up by a load vehicle,” said another source.