Although this year has seen a decrease in the number of people who cross the border between Mexico and the United States illegally, Washington authorities have been reporting a increase in the number of deaths in the border area. This time due to the heat wave that is plaguing various regions of the world and from which the US has not managed to escape.
According to the findings of Texas Trooper Don White and other troopers who make shadowy searches for bodies or partial remains, and whose work the New York Times reported, There are already more than 500 confirmed migrant deaths so far in 2023 in the border area.
In 2022, listed as one of the deadliest years, 853 deaths were confirmed. So the 2023 figure may match, and perhaps exceed, the border deaths that occurred in 2022.
According to a New York Times report, under the scorching sun of the long summer, temperatures have repeatedly reached 37 degrees Celsius. And the levels of heat have led to the death of hundreds of migrants from dehydration or heat stroke.
And it is that, under the direction of smugglersMany of the migrants take dangerous routes to avoid a Border Patrol checkpoint. located in the county seat of Falfurrias, which is nearly 80 miles north of the Rio Grande.
But those routes carry many dangers. like the actions of criminal gangs. To which is added the impact of high temperatures and the fact that migrants carry out these routes without enough water or food.
Jason Owens, director of the Border Patrol, shared a while ago via platform X (formerly known as Twitter) that the extreme temperatures had resulted in 45 rescues.
Besides, reported the tragic death of ten individuals due to the suffocating heat and dangerous border conditions.
“Sometimes they undertake these journeys with insufficient food and water supplies to endure a strenuous day’s walk,” he said.
Over the weekend, extreme temperatures contributed to 45 individuals being rescued and 10 individuals who died due to the dangerous heat and conditions. Make no doubt about it, summer is here, and the hottest days are yet upon us. Don’t put your life in the hands of a smuggler. pic.twitter.com/hhB9ARGOKE
— Chief Jason Owens (@USBPChief) July 10, 2023
According to figures from the Colibrà Center for Human Rights, cited by the New York Times, at least 7,805 people have died in their attempt to cross the border into the United States. At the time, another 3,527 disappeared while trying to enter the North American country through irregular crossings.
Now, the heat that the area is facing worries the authorities even more because of the possibility that the death toll will continue to rise in that region.
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