Q: Did you know it would be dangerous?
A: Yes, because it was very hot and it wasn't raining.

Q: Did you know there would be water in the desert?
A: Yes, we did know, but here in some tanks that immigration puts up. We found it in the middle of the desert.

Q: Did you think there would be (natural) water in the desert?
A: No.

Q: Nobody told you there would be water in the desert?
A: Nobody.

Q: So you found these water stations?
A: Yes.

Q: Was there water?
A: Yes, there was a lot of water.

Q: And did you drink that water?
A: Yes.

...(EDIT)...

Q: Why did you take that route?
A: Because they told us there would be water there.

Q: If you had known that the desert is dangerous, and that there's no water, would you have crossed?
A: No.

Q: What did they tell you, that there was water, or that there were water stations?
A: That there were water stations.

Q: Something tragic happened in that journey, right?
A: Yes.

Q: Can you tell us what happened?
A: A brother died.

Q: A brother of yours?
A: My brother died of dehydration, because of the heat and there was no water. There wasn't too much water to drink. And what we brought was very hot. It upset our stomachs.

Q: How many of you came on the trip?
A: There were eight of us.

Q: Would you have a message you'd like to give people who are planning to do what you did?
A: That they shouldn't risk it out there. That it's very dangerous. That you can't make it up here. When you're thinking of starting in the desert, yes. You can see what you're going to do and everything. But when you get in the middle, you don't know whether to go back or keep on because it's so hot. You can't walk very well in that heat.

Q: And is there enough water?
A: Not quite enough?

Q: Is it worth the risk or not?
A: It's not worth the risk.

...(EDIT)...

Q: Did you walk during the day or night?
A: During the day all day and part of the night.

Q: About how many days?
A: One and last night. One night.

Q: It doesn't take a person much time to become dehydrated, does it?
A: No, it doesn't take very long.

...(EDIT)...

Q: You had got water, right?
A: Mmm-hmm (nodding).

Q: You got water, but even with all that, explain to us what happened with the water.
A: We bought water in Sonoyta (Sonora, across from Lukeville, Ariz.). With that water we got here to the water station in the desert. So the water we brought from there we drank it up. We filled up our gallons, and we carried it back to the path. That was to last until here, and that's it.

Q: Did you find more water?
A: Yes, more water. We filled up the gallons again, and that lasted to here. There was more than enough water, but he couldn't make it.

Q: With water and everything?
A: With water and everything.

Q: Even though you had water in the desert...Even though you had water, the desert can still kill?
A: (no answer)

Q: How old was your brother?
A: 24

Q: And you?
A: 18

Q: Other brothers in the group?
A: No, just him.

Q: Did you already tell your family?
A: No, not yet.

Q: What family members do you have to tell? Your mom and dad?
A: Yes, and my brothers.

Q: How many brothers do you have?
A: Six.

Q: Your mother still doesn't know.
A: I don't know if she knows.

Q: What reaction do you think she'll have.
A: I don't know, except it will be very, very ugly.