EL PASO, Texas ( Border Report ) – The heat continues killing migrants at the U. S. Mexico border.
Six refugees who were dehydrated in the desert were rescued by Mexican officials on Wednesday from Santa Teresa, New Mexico. A seventh immigrant – a man in his 20s from Durango, Mexico – was found dead outside.
As pirates led the group through the plain to the boundary wall at Santa Teresa in triple-digit warmth, the surviving migrants reported to Juarez police that their partner began to feel sick. The native of Durango died on the spot and collapsed.
A representative from the Juarez Civil Protection Department told a Border Report camera crew that the pirates notified the victim’s home of his dying but not the officers. The various six pirates left in the desert and fled.
A relative called police, according to the official, and some vehicles from the municipal and state officers, the National Migration Institute, and the Mexican National Guard conducted a hunt. The six surviving workers were found, treated for thirst, and recovered.
Late on Wednesday evening, the pirates remained at large.
It’s common for pirates to leave a immigrant who is injured or unable to keep up with organizations they enter improperly, according to the U.S. Border Patrol and Southern New Mexico firefighters, according to Border Report.
Since October 1 north of the border walls, 82 migratory fatalities have been reported in the El Paso Sector of the Border Patrol, which includes all of New Mexico. The most common causes of death are drowning, heat injury, and accidents related to fall.
On Wednesday, it was not immediately available data on migrant mortality on the Mexican side of the border.
