New Database to Help Identify Migrants Who Died in Desert
By Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times
TUCSON — The Sonora desert claims the lives of hundreds of people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border each year. Many of the dead — about one out of three — go unidentified. Now, there may be an easier way to put a name to some of these suspected border-crossers who died north of the international boundary.
Monday, the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner joined with Humane Borders to launch a Web-based system that will allow the public to identify the deceased found in the desert in the Tucson area — more than 2,000 dating back 13 years.
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