Mother of female soldier who died at Texas base to travel from Mexico

Fort Hood in Texas. Two years ago another 20-year-old soldier, Vanessa Guillén, was murdered there by another soldier after reporting being sexually harassed. Photograph: Tony Gutierrez/AP

The mother of a soldier who was found dead at the Fort Hood, Texas, military base earlier this week will receive a humanitarian visa to come to the US from Mexico and will visit the post to demand answers surrounding her daughter’s death.

Last Monday, Private Ana Basaldua Ruiz, 20, was found dead at the central Texas army post. Ruiz was a combat engineer and had served with the first cavalry division for the past 15 months, according to Fort Hood officials.