Border Patrol saw a decrease in the number of suspected migrants found dead in Arizona last fiscal year, and they attribute it to “enhanced efforts” to rescue and assist immigrants attempting to cross the desert.

The agency reported 68 remains in fiscal 2015, down from 110 in fiscal year 2014—the figures include the Tucson and Yuma BP sectors, says a Customs and Border Protection press release.

U.S. Border Patrol agents working along Arizona’s border with Mexico stepped up their campaign in fiscal year 2015 to save distressed migrants while giving them options to call for help. As a result, agents report finding fewer deceased migrants as calls for assistance hit new highs.

Since March 2015, CBP’s Joint Intelligence and Operations Center coordinates responses to 911 calls from migrants. To sum it up, the JIOC assists emergency dispatchers in Pima, Maricopa Pinal, Cochise and Santa Cruz counties to facilitate getting in touch with Border Patrol.

The press release says that between March and September of last year, Border Patrol and JIOC assisted with 467 calls, and a total of 804 people were rescued within the Tucson and Yuma sectors. 

Migrants are being encouraged to call 911 before their situation becomes an emergency. The sooner they call, the faster CBP resources can respond. Dehydration, injury or hypothermia can quickly become critical without proper care.

The Pima County Office of Medical Examiner counted the remains of 129 undocumented migrants in 2014—the majority from Mexico and Guatemala. And as of Dec. 31, 2014, more than 800 bodies under the medical examiner’s custody remain unidentified. 

The office hasn’t yet released numbers for 2015.

This article appears in Jan 21-27, 2016.

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3 replies on “Border Patrol Reports Fewer Migrants Found Dead in Fiscal Year 2015”

  2. Illegal aliens murder more people inside the USA every year than were killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

    Illegal aliens murder more people inside the USA every year than were killed on 9/11.

    Illegal aliens murder 25 times more people inside the USA every year than were killed in the Oklahoma City bombing.

    Since 9/11.. Illegal aliens have murdered more people inside the USA than were killed in all of our Indian Wars starting from 1776.

    Since 9/11.. Illegal aliens have murdered more people in the USA than were killed on 9/11 plus all our war dead so far in Afghanistan and Iraq combined.

    While 1,000 illegal aliens crossed the border with Pancho Villa (and then went home), today between 5,000 and 10,000 illegal aliens cross the border each day (and stay).

    http://www.usborderpatrol.com/Border_Patrol90h.htm

  3. Does anyone else get the feeling that Maria loves Mexico more than America?

    How do Guatemalan immigrants fare in Mexico, comrade Maria? Are they treated well? Can they buy land?

    Keep biting the hand that feeds you comrade, you would not have a degree, a job, or the ability to write this nonsense if it were nor for America.

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