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High Heat Leaves 12 Immigrants Dead Along Arizona Border

HeadlineMay 24, 2005

In Arizona, 12 people have died in recent days as they tried to cross the Mexican border into Arizona where temperatures are already reaching triple digits. According to the Border Patrol, 55 immigrants died in Arizona between September 2003 and 2004 because of the heat.

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