Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
An active-duty service member is speaking out after his wife was deported to Honduras. Sgt. Hedar Turcios's wife, Cristy Villafranca, was detained last month in El Paso, Texas, as she was driving home from Walmart with her husband and their daughter. Turcios, who recently completed a nine-month deployment to the Middle East, tells Erin Burnett that despite witnessing his wife's arrest, his commitment to the U.S. military remains unchanged. "I love what I do, and I want to keep doing it," he said.
An active-duty service member is speaking out after his wife was deported to Honduras. Sgt. Hedar Turcios's wife, Cristy Villafranca, was detained last month in El Paso, Texas, as she was driving home from Walmart with her husband and their daughter. Turcios, who recently completed a nine-month deployment to the Middle East, tells Erin Burnett that despite witnessing his wife's arrest, his commitment to the U.S. military remains unchanged. "I love what I do, and I want to keep doing it," he said.
