Mother of soldier found dead in Fort Hood granted humanitarian visa to come to U.S.

The Mexican mother of a soldier found dead at Fort Hood in Texas is planning to come to the U.S. and await the outcome of an investigation on her daughter’s death, according to the family.

Alejandra Ruiz Zarco expects to obtain Friday a three-month humanitarian visa to travel from Tacámbaro, in the Mexican state of Michoacán, to the Army military facility where Pvt. Ana Basaldua Ruiz was found dead on March 13, the family told Noticias Telemundo.