Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert

Smugglers are suddenly steering migrants through some of the most desolate and dangerous areas of the Arizona borderlands, forcing them to walk for miles in scorching heat.
Smugglers are suddenly steering migrants through some of the most desolate and dangerous areas of the Arizona borderlands, forcing them to walk for miles in scorching heat. In just a month, the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector in July became the busiest along the U.S. border with Mexico for the first time since 2008. Migrant rescues have soared, including a 15-year-old boy from Guatemala a helicopter hoisted off a remote Arizona mountain. Humanitarian groups are carting more water south of tiny Ajo, Arizona, where smugglers leave migrants from faraway places like India, China, Senegal and Mauritania.

Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges

Smugglers are bringing migrants to a remote Arizona border crossing, overwhelming US agents

Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges

Asylum-seeking migrants face Arizona desert heat

Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges

Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges

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Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges

Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges

Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges - KYMA

Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges

Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges

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Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges