36 members of the National Guard heading to work in El Paso mortuaries as coronavirus cases soar

Medical tents are set up at University Medical Center of El Paso during a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases.Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribune After El Paso resorted to using county jail inmates to move bodies for nearly two weeks, the Texas Army National Guard is sending a 36-person team to assist with mortuary services in the area starting Saturday morning, according to multiple state lawmakers in the region. The border city has been devastated by the coronavirus for more than a mont