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Tuesday, July 12, 2005

USA: Human Rights Workers Arrested by Border Patrol


From IMC Colorado:

On Saturday, July 9th two human rights workers with the No More Deaths coalition (www.nomoredeaths.org) were arrested while medically evacuating two Mexican migrants from the southern Arizona desert.

This came following a weekend in which 15 migrants were confirmed killed due to the scorching desert heat. This number adds to the 3,000+ migrant deaths that have occured since 1998 due to militarized border policies.


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