Samaritan COVID Precautions

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Samaritan COVID Precautions

Death in the Desert
Tucson Sector:
Recovered Human Remains

Last Year:              223
This Year:              189
SEP 2021:   27
AUG 2021:  16
JUL  2021:  ​19
JUN 2021:   44
MAY 2021:  20
APR 2021:  13
MAR 2021: 18
FEB 2021:  14
JAN 2021:  18 

SW Border Encounters

Customs and Border Protection "encounter" (deportations of various kinds) numbers are here: 
Southwest Land Border Encounters | U.S. Customs and Border Protection (cbp.gov)
​2021 YTD; 1,541,551
2020             458,088
2019:            977,509
2018             521,090

Volunteer Trainings are currently all virtual. 
Click to see videos of Zoom training sessions
email sam.southside@gmail.com when you have completed them for the next step

Donate supplies: 
Gallon water jugs, socks, food packs, first aid items, gasoline for desert trips, car repairs, all-terrain tires



 Tucson Samaritans Meetings
NO Tuesday night Meetings at Southside Presbyterian during Covid-19 pandemic starting March  until further notice.
Virtual meetings for members only.


Green Valley Samaritans

www.gvs-samaritans.org For information about Green Valley Samaritans.
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Human remains report 
September

The number of migrant deaths reported by the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner in September was 27.

Recently found individuals grouped by PMI (Post Mortem Interval):
        6 dead less than a day
        5 dead less than 1 week
        2 dead less than 3 weeks
        2 dead less than 3 months
        1 dead less than 6-8 months     
        10 dead more than 6-8 months
        1 PMI not yet availabe
Total:  27
Note: For one of these 27 cases the remains were recovered in May and not processed until September. This has been added to the May figures in the attached chart with September showing 26.

Updates for previous cases:
        32 individuals newly identified by name (1,442 cases remain unidentified)

The breakdown by PMI shows that half the September deaths are estimated to have been discovered within 3 weeks of death. This is very similar to the pattern for last month. However, the total number of deaths reported jumped from 16 in August (representing a dip from the previous few months)  and the increase in September shows up in the "more than 6-8 months" category. See the attached chart for a fuller picture.

Most of the deaths occurred west of the Baboquivari Mountains; there were two exceptions in the Nogales/I-19 corridor and one just west of the New Mexico line. See all 27 sites mapped online at https://humaneborders.info/latest/. 

The total number of deaths currently recorded in our database stands at 3,779. To generate maps and data tables from your own custom queries you can consult our interactive mapping site at: https://humaneborders.info/
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                         For Immediate Release, February 12, 2021
Contact: Laiken Jordahl, (928) 525-4433, ljordahl@biologicaldiversity.org
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