More migrants dying in desert west of El Paso
Jun 16, 2025·Location: Santa Teresa, New Mexico / El Paso, Texas
Volunteer search and rescue groups have discovered migrant remains in the Chihuahuan desert west of El Paso since the city joined Texas' Operation Lone Star in December 2022. Battalion Search and Rescue found 27 sites with human remains since September 2023. The El Paso sector historically had among the fewest migrant deaths on the southern border.
Sources
- Why more migrants are dying in the desert west of El Paso
Texas Tribune·Jun 16, 2025·archived copy
- After El Paso joined Abbott’s border crackdown, the number of dead migrants in the New Mexico desert surged
KSAT·Jun 16, 2025·archived copy
- After El Paso joined Abbott’s border crackdown, the number of dead migrants in the New Mexico desert surge
elpasomatters.org·Jun 20, 2025·archived copy
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