When illegal migrants cross national borders into foreign countries, they are exposing themselves to dangerous situations.
In Arizona, if these migrants cross into the southern desert property owned by the Air Force, they could be bombed in one of the many military bombing exercises using live ammunition. In addition to the brutal sun and lack of water which causes hyperthermia and dehydration, there are wild pigs, scorpions, rattlesnakes, and other vermin. Furthermore, they could be loaded into trucks and abandoned by human coyotes and drug traffickers, who take their money and leave them helpless.
Here is an article that discusses an effort to identify remains found and the cause of death.
Photo - Without adequate refrigerated space, bodies are left outside in body bags to decompose. Bones are cleaned and placed in storage lockers. Story does not reveal if DNA samples are taken to properly identify the remains. Thousands go missing. Few are identified.
On the weekend before Christmas, a group of volunteers set out to search for the remains of dead migrants on the Barry Goldwater Air Force Range, a remote desert area in southwestern Arizona where military jets from bases in Arizona conduct live bombing exercises. ...
The San Diego-based group posted pictures of some of the remains it recovered near Ajo on its Facebook page, including a skull, a jaw and a set of leg bones, bleached white by the sun.
The photos were reminders that high numbers of migrants continue to die annually in southern Arizona after crossing the border illegally, as increased border security over the years has pushed some migrants to take more treacherous treks to avoid being caught by the Border Patrol ....
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