12 Immigrants Die, Dozens Rescued in Heat
A sudden onset of triple-digit heat led to the deaths of 12 illegal immigrants last weekend in the state’s deserts.
Dozens more were saved in nearly 50 rescue operations, a U.S. Border Patrol spokesman said in Tucson.
The deaths were scattered along the Mexican border, but most of the bodies were found west of Tucson.
The rescued immigrants told Border Patrol agents that their smugglers had instructed them to “only grab a gallon or two of water,” Tucson sector spokesman Luis Garza said.
“They never said anything about walking for two or three days.”
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