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October 29, 2019

Mexican Woman Dies in Border Patrol Custody
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In Arizona, a 33-year-old Mexican woman has died while in the custody of
U.S. Border Patrol. She's the second person to die in Border Patrol
custody within a week in the state of Arizona. The Pima County Office of
the Medical Examiner said the Mexican woman likely died from profound
dehydration and kidney failure, probably as a result of an extended
journey through the desert. Immigration activists have long accused
Border Patrol's "Prevention Through Deterrence" policy of pushing
migrants further and further into the deadly Sonoran Desert, where
thousands of people have died or gone missing since the 1990s.


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