Mon, Jul 06, 2009

Tucson Region

Two suspected illegal immigrants found dead in separate incidents

Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 08.12.2008
Cochise County sheriff's deputies recovered the bodies of two suspected illegal immigrants over the weekend in separate incidents.
On Saturday at 8:04 p.m., deputies were called by Border Patrol agents who said they had found the remains of what appeared to be a woman in the hills east of the Gold Gulch area between Bisbee and Douglas, a press release said.
Agents told deputies they had been following a group of illegal immigrants when they came across the remains in a remote area north of a road, the release said.
Due to the rough terrain, the Cochise County search and rescue team was called out to recover the body and take it to the Cochise County Medical Examiner's Office.
The second body was found on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Two hikers discovered the body on High Lonesome Road northeast of Bisbee, the release said.
The hikers called the Cochise County Sheriff's Office and deputies recovered the body, which appeared to be a man.
No foul play is suspected with either body and the Mexican Consulate was notified of the findings.
There have now been 14 suspected illegal immigrants found dead in Cochise County this year, compared with 12 through the same date last year, information from the Medical Examiner's Office shows.