Tighter border security means more migrants die while trying to enter US, according to Amnesty
Tighter border security means more migrants die while trying to enter US, according to Amnesty
Large number of unidentified bodies found in Arizona over past decade
Thu, May 23, 2013, 13:16
First published:Thu, May 23, 2013, 12:00
The remains of 45 suspected migrants from Mexico and beyond rest in body bags and zippered pouches in Bruce Anderson’s office at Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office in Arizona.
Anderson, a forensic anthropologist, has paper records for several hundred more people whose remains were found over the past 12 years in the deserts of the American state bordering Mexico.
Of about 2,100 remains found over that period in 10 counties falling under the Pima County’s office, it has identified about 1,300 people; the identities of 791 people remain unknown.
Four counties within Pima County’s areas have the highest recorded number of migrant deaths over recent years of any area along the 1,969-mile border separating the United States and Mexico.
The bulk of those identified, around 85 per cent, came from Mexico; the rest were from Guatemala and El Salvador and as far away as the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Brazil.
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