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Death in the Desert
Tucson Sector:
Recovered Human Remains

Last Year:              144
This Year:              214
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NOV 2020: 15
OCT 2020:  18
SEP 2020:   35
AUG 2020:  25 
JUL 2020:   25
JUN 2020:  14
​MAY 2020:  11
APR 2020:  12  
MAR 2020: 14
FEB 2020:  24
JAN 2020:  21 

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 Tucson Samaritans Meetings
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Press release: Border Patrol raids No More Deaths humanitarian aid camp

LETTERS FROM ICE DETAINEES EXPOSE DESPERATE PRISON CONDITIONS AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

THE LETTERS ARE desperate.
“Please, help us obtain our freedom. … It’s so dangerous these days, we find ourselves between life and death. We don’t want to be the victims of this ruthless virus, and here, in these conditions, really it’s just a matter of time.”
Read more...

How US Policy Turned the Sonoran Desert into a Graveyard for Migrants

November Human Remains Report

​The number of migrant deaths reported by the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner in November was: 14
Additional deaths reported by the Maricopa County OME: 1 from November plus 2 from October

Recently found individuals grouped by PMI (Post Mortem Interval):
        1 dead less than 1 week
        2 dead less than 3 months
        10 dead more than 6-8 months
        1 not reported yet
        1 from Maricopa county, PMI not available
Total:  15

Updates for previous cases:
        6  individuals newly identified by name (1312 remain unidentified)

The 15 deaths discovered in November are a little less than the 18 in October but the pattern is drastically different. Of the cases with an estimated PMI, in October three quarters of the deaths had occurred within the three months prior to discovery (in other words, during the hottest months of the year). On November two thirds of the remains found were dated as more than 6-8 months old.

Attached is a map showing the month's deaths; for an interactive version go to: https://humaneborders.info/latest/

Also attached is a table with updated statistics for the last 15 years. For the calendar year to date, the total of 214 deaths suggests that this year could be the worst yet for migrant deaths in Arizona. Previous highs were 223 in 2007 and 224 in 2010.

Total deaths currently recorded in our database: 3,385.
To generate maps and data from your own custom queries you can consult our interactive mapping site at: https://humaneborders.info/