Border-death numbers remain steady

Illegal immigrants cross in more dangerous areas


Rafael Hernandez, director of the San Diego-based volunteer search-and-rescue group Angeles del Desierto, said he recently returned from Arizona, where it took volunteers three trips into the desert to locate the bodies of two men missing since May.

He said the bodies were found in a desolate stretch 20 miles east of the nearest highway, and about 70 miles from the border.

“The saddest thing is that they (the smugglers) are taking them to places so far from civilization, they aren't seen by anybody,” Hernandez said. “They are taking them into the worst danger possible.”