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PHOENIX, AZ — The number of illegal border crossings may have dropped since a peak late last year, still, remains of migrants are being found in remote parts of Arizona’s Sonoran Desert as extreme heat bears down.
“After being promised safe passage into the country, they were abandoned by a smuggler who risked their lives for profit,” Border Patrol Tucson Sector Chief John Modlin posted to X.Email us: [email protected] three found were the latest remains found in southern Arizona. According to the nonprofit, Humane Borders, 57 human remains have been found in the desert so far this year. Last month, they recorded 14, up from three in May.
The organization works with medical examiners' offices to track the number of remains found in the desert and put out water at dozens of stations along the border for anyone in life-threatening situations.“A person's fate whether they're crossing legally or illegally should be judged by the courts not by dying a horrible death of dehydration and thirst,” Cantillo said.
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