New Mexico
6 dead due to heat at New Mexico border, officials say
(CNN) – Six people have died from heat-related causes in a New Mexico border community in the past week, and the local fire department believes they were migrants
Sunland Park’s fire chief said two people were pronounced dead on Wednesday.
They were discovered by border patrol officers in a desert area six miles from the border.
Authorities believe both were migrants that suffered heat injuries.
Four other suspected migrants had already been found dead from heat injuries since May 31.
Two of them were adult males, the other two adult females.
Sunland Park is next to El Paso, Texas, where Thursday’s temperature reached a high of 107 degrees.
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