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October 04, 2005
Record Number of Deaths in Border Crossing Attempts
U.S. Customs has released figures that show at least 464 people have died between 1 January and 30 September of this year attempting to cross the border from Mexico to the United States. This record number, a 43% increase over the previous year, is suspected to be due to extremely high temperatures in June and July, but a new, more accurate reporting system along the Arizona section of the border is also believed to have raised the numbers from last year.
Posted by crispy at October 4, 2005 08:09 PM