Deaths of Illegal Migrants in Desert Continue; Woman Is Latest Victim
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EL CENTRO, Calif. — Another illegal immigrant has died crossing the Imperial Valley desert near the Salton Sea and the Chocolate Mountain Naval Aerial Gunnery Range.
A 27-year-old woman died Monday when she collapsed near the Coachella Canal, about 150 miles east of San Diego, the U.S. Border Patrol said.
The woman was part of a group of about a dozen illegal immigrants who crossed into the United States from Mexico on Saturday night, a Border Patrol official said.
When she became ill, several people lagged behind to stay with her, at times carrying her. The rest of the group moved ahead without them, the official said.
When the woman collapsed shortly after midnight, some of the group went to get help from the military authorities at the bombing range.
She was given CPR by military authorities until paramedics from nearby Niland arrived. They tried unsuccessfully to revive her; she was pronounced dead at 1:40 a.m.
The woman’s identity was not released by authorities, pending notification of relatives.
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