Migrant Deaths in Arizona Desert Remain High Despite Increased Border Enforcement, Humane Borders Says
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Compassionate Borders detailed that these are 14 more remains than the 59 last year at the same time.
The Arizona desert keeps thousands of deaths recorded since 1981 and more than 1,600 migrants remain unidentified. By Daniel Lee There are borders that cross with documents, others with passports and some, too often, with fear. But on the border between Mexico and Arizona there is another reality: thousands of people have ended up crossing it on foot, in silence, under extreme temperatures and in territories where a mistake can mean death. Numbe…
The desert of Arizona and Mexico continues to claim the lives of migrants seeking to reach the United States. As of 2026, the remains of 73 people were already located, a figure higher than that recorded during the same period last year. Although the crossings have decreased, those who try to cross this area still face extreme temperatures, lack of water and long distances on difficult terrain. According to new data from Humane Borders and the P…
U.S. authorities located 73 bodies of migrants in the Arizona desert, on the border with Mexico, during the first seven months of 2026, in the middle of the high summer temperatures. According to the humanitarian organization Compassionate Borders, the figure represents 14 more remains than the 59 recorded during the same period of 2025, equivalent to an increase of 24 percent. In July 19 bodies were recovered. In different regions of Arizona, t…
The humanitarian organization Compassionate Borders (Human Borders) detailed that these are 14 more remains than the 59 last year at the same time.
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