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Border Crossing Deaths: A New Record
Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/10/11/border-crossing-deaths-a_n_68145.html
The number of bodies recovered on the Arizona-Mexico border over the past year has hit a new high, according to reports released Thursday by human rights activists and county coroners. Over the past fiscal year ending October 1, at least 237 people died trying to cross into Arizona While most were from Mexico and Central America, almost 40% of the victims remain unidentified. This year's toll is up from the 205 statewide fatalities registered during the previous 12 month periodThe data was released by the Tucson-based Coalicion de Derechos Humanos and is based on the death counts compiled by coroners in the counties bordering Mexico. The majority of this year's deaths, 206, were recorded in Pima County -- directly south of Tucson in the south-central part of the stateThe Bush administration, in escalating its border clamp down, has claimed that overall deaths along the border have dipped ...
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Friday, October 12, 2007
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