July 13, 2021: The bodies of an unusually large number of migrants who died in Arizona’s border areas have been found this summer amid record temperatures in the scorching desert and rugged mountains.
Texas has also reported an increase in immigrant deaths, and rescue efforts continue along the Mexican border. Human Borders, a nonprofit group that maps the recovery of bodies in Arizona using data from the Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office in Tucson, said last month that human remains were found in the state’s border area. 43 seats were won – with a record-breaking June.
Forecasters say highs in Phoenix, where temperatures last month regularly soared above 110F (43C), tend to be similar to those in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, north of Mexico.
Human Borders Mapping Coordinator Mike Kreyche said not all 43 died in June, but when they did, at least 16 died in one day and 13 more in less than a week. Had been dead for a long time. The group’s statistics include the bodies of all people believed to be migrants and exceed the number of deaths reported by border patrols, who only counted those on the job. The group’s figures include all bodies recovered of people believed to have been migrants and are higher than the number of deaths reported by the Border Patrol, which only counts those it handles in the course of its work.
The 127 sets of remains of bodies found in the first half of this year were far more than the 96 bodies recovered during the same period last year, Kreyche said. The six-month recovery rate this year is also higher than in all of 2017, when 123 seats were found near the Arizona border with Mexico.
Exposure is the most commonly recorded cause of death.
Texas officials say they have also seen an increase in immigrant deaths this year. The Brooks County Sheriff’s Department in South Texas reported the deaths of 36 immigrants in the first five months of 2021 last month, more than the previous year. The rising number of bodies recovered came as border officials warned of increased risks as temperatures rose this summer. Although most immigrants are now passing through Texas, the legislation there for decades and many others in California has pushed them into areas opposite Arizona where water and food are not available.
The U.S. border patrol’s Yuma sector this month gathered reporters from across the U.S.-Mexico border at the Colorado River to warn migrants about the dangers of crossing the Sonoran Desert. “The desert is vast and treacherous. When you cross illegally, you put yourself in incredible danger, “Chris T. Clem, the sector’s chief patrol agent,” told reporters. “And our hot weather is just beginning. “
Humanitarian groups such as Human Borders, Toxin Tactical and No More Deaths have documented the deaths of more than 3,700 migrants in the region since 2004 in hopes of saving lives in the region’s remote Arizona watershed. And other provisions are omitted. But many immigrants have never been able to do so. Water tanks or jugs after being lost
Special search and rescue units of the Border Patrol and rescue operations are underway with air and sea operations busy. The El Centro sector of Border Patrol in Eastern California reported Monday that its agents had rescued three migrants from a heat-related illness in the Jacumba Desert near Ocotillo on July 1 in two separate incidents.
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