[Vision2020] From the pages of the Nogales (AZ) International

[Sue Hovey]

Kai,

I just read a similar heartbreaking article in the Texas Observer.  In Webb 
County the budget for the Coroner and the monies for indigent care were 
depleted by April.  There are graveyards all over these border counties 
where the bodies of unidentified Mexican nationals are buried, most of whom 
have died from dehydration or other illness.  There are many more positive 
things we could do here that would benefit both countries more than building 
some damned fence.

Sue
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kai Eiselein, editor" <editor at lataheagle.com>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:46 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] From the pages of the Nogales (AZ) International


> On Sunday, July 16, at 6:05 a.m. a man flagged down a Border Patrol 
> vehicle
> on the west side of Rio Rico near Via Encinos and Calvillo Court in an
> effort to help his brother. Omar Lopez Mendiola, 28, had apparently become
> sick and eventually unresponsive after the two had crossed over the
> U.S.-Mexico border. Emergency personnel from the Rio Rico Fire Department
> were unable to revive the victim, and he was pronounced dead at 7:30 a.m.
> Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada said he waiting for a medical
> examiner's report on the cause of death.
> Eleventh this year
> "That makes it 11 so far this year," said Estrada, referring to the number
> of illegal border crossers who are known to have died in Santa Cruz County
> since Jan. 1.
>
> "We had 12 in total last year. We're not even half way and almost meeting
> the same numbers as last year. That is not good at all."
> "This is very sad," said Georgina de la Garza Garcia, a spokesperson for 
> the
> Mexican Consulate after notification of the incident.
> She said that even though the brother of the deceased notified the next of
> kin, it often becomes the job of the consulate to try and locate the 
> family
> of deceased Mexican nationals.
> According to De la Garza Garcia, if a deceased individual has 
> identification
> then the consulate attempts to find their family members through the
> Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico.
> Consulate helps the family
> Once relatives are certain that the deceased is a relative (usually 
> through
> the recognition of certain belongings), the Mexican Consulate helps the
> family to transfer the body to their hometown in Mexico for burial.
> If the victim cannot be identified in Mexico, the Mexican Consulate 
> extends
> its search through its offices in the United States to see if anyone has
> inquired about a lost person.
> Mendiola was from Iztapalapa, located in eastern Mexico City.
>
>
> Kai Eiselein, editor
> Latah Eagle
>
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