After brutal summer heat, border-crosser deaths up this year over 2012
By Elisa Cordova, Cronkite News
TUCSON – Following brutal summer heat, deaths of border crossers in Pima County so far this year are up from 2012, the chief medical examiner said.
As of Sept. 11, 146 bodies had been found, up from 125 through that date in 2012, Dr. Gregory Hess said.
His office reported 29 deaths in June and 36 in July, though he said deaths decreased during cooler weather in August.
“The summertime is the busiest for us in terms of undocumented border crosser deaths in the desert,” he said.
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