Firefighters From Mexico Arrive in Texas to Support Flood Relief Efforts
A crew of firefighters from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, gather for a briefing as they aid in search and rescue efforts near the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Monday, July 7, 2025, in Ingram, Texas. (AP Photo/Eli Hartman)
The Texas floods that have left communities devastated and claimed the lives of over 100 people. But they have also seen some light in the middle of the darkness in the form of volunteers, who have arrived in Texas when the community needed them the most. And some of them are even coming from across the border. Firefighters and first responders from Acuña, Mexico have been lending a hand in the rescue and recovery efforts in central Texas.
“There’s a bunch of firefighters that have visas and we were like, ‘Let’s just go and help,'” one of them, Jesus Gomez, told CBS News. “Sometimes people from the other side cross and help us. It’s time to give a little bit.”
In total, there are over 20 firefighters from Ciudad Acuña and Fundación 911 working around the clock in what has now become an international effort. They arrived on Sunday morning, and have been working alongside the Mountain Home Fire Department ever since.
The crew is being credited with finding a victim under 3 feet of debris, and they are still working to locate the rest of the missing people.
Jose Omar Llanas Hernandez, another of the men who came from Mexico to help, said that collaborating with American teams in the operation gives them a sense of pride to be able to help rescue people in any country that requires assistance.
The death toll now sits at over 100, with at least 84 in Kerr County alone, following flash floods in central Texas. Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp along the Guadalupe River, has confirmed that 27 campers and counselors died in the weekend floods. Ten campers and one counselor are still unaccounted for. Rescue teams are sifting through the wreckage trying to find them.
The death toll from the floods in Central Texas has now surpassed the death toll from Hurricane Harvey in the state.