{"id":235746,"date":"2025-09-18T06:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T06:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/235746\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T06:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T06:45:10","slug":"rep-tony-gonzales-staffer-passed-away-over-the-weekend-texas-rangers-police-investigate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/235746\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Tony Gonzales staffer passed away over the weekend; Texas Rangers, police investigate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO &#8211; The Uvalde Police Department confirms they are investigating the recent death of a staff member of U.S. Representative Tony Gonzales\u2019s office, along with the Texas Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>Regina Santos-Aviles, a Uvalde resident, passed away over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Uvalde Police were called to Santos-Aviles&#8217; home around 9:30 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Uvalde Volunteer Fire Chief Mario Rangel, firefighters responded to reports of a victim on fire at Santos-Aviles&#8217; home. The call was reportedly cancelled because the fire was put out, though crews responded anyway &#8212; only to find EMS already working  to help Santos-Aviles.<\/p>\n<p>Records show she was then transported to the hospital. The Bexar County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office reports that she died at 6:34 a.m. on Sunday. No official cause or manner of death has been released.<\/p>\n<p>Santos-Aviles joined Gonzales\u2019s team in November 2021 as Regional District Director. She previously worked for the Uvalde Area Chamber of Commerce and the Uvalde County Fairplex, according to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/regina-santos-aviles-b53279206\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/regina-santos-aviles-b53279206\/\" class=\"themeColorForLinks\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin page<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Congressman Tony Gonzales released a statement on her death, praising Regina for her work and commitment to her community.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We are all heart-stricken by the recent news. Regina devoted her profession toward making a difference in her community. She will always be remembered for her passion towards Uvalde and helping the community become a better place, said Congressman Gonzales.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Uvalde Police Department, working with the Texas Rangers, is looking into the circumstances surrounding Santos-Aviles\u2019s death. <\/p>\n<p>Officials say they\u2019re coordinating closely with her family, who are cooperating fully, and so far, there\u2019s no sign of foul play.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Homer Delgado notes that all unattended deaths are routinely examined. <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In times of loss, our greatest duty is to stand together, support one another, and honor the memory of those we have lost,\u201d said Uvalde Chief of Police Homer Delgado. &#8220;Out of respect for the family, no additional details will be released at this time. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We are working to get a statement from the Texas Rangers. <\/p>\n<p>Check back for more information on this developing story. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO &#8211; The Uvalde Police Department confirms they are investigating the recent death of a staff member&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":235747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,126658,19292,126659,126660,126655,126656,7202,7203,358,1278,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,126657],"class_list":{"0":"post-235746","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-bexar-county-medical-examiner","10":"tag-death-investigation","11":"tag-family-cooperation","12":"tag-foul-play","13":"tag-regina-santos-aviles","14":"tag-rep-tony-gonzales","15":"tag-san-antonio","16":"tag-sanantonio","17":"tag-texas","18":"tag-texas-rangers","19":"tag-tx","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa","26":"tag-uvalde-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}