Death in the desert: migrants face harsh conditions in West Texas
Jessica Phelps /San Antonio Express-News
Dudley Althaus, Correspondent
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CANDELARIA Here in the unforgiving parched lands of West Texas, the first half of the year has been marked by a surge of undocumented migrants equipped, guided and all too often abandoned to their fate by Mexico’s smuggling gangs.
Local police and Border Patrol agents have detained thousands of migrants found crammed into cars, trucks, horse trailers, train cars and recreational vehicles. They’ve caught others who trekked for days through the desert in smuggler-led columns.
High-speed police chases of smugglers’ vehicles have become common. Desperate migrants beg for rescue at isolated homes and on rural roads. Ranchers tending livestock on the far reaches of their land also have encountered migrants.
TX El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM Zone Forecast
June 26, 2021
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National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
228 PM MDT Sat Jun 26 2021
TXZ418-271015-
and Upper Valley
.TONIGHT.Mostly clear. Lows around 70. Northwest winds 5 to
10 mph increasing to east 15 to 20 mph with gusts to around
40 mph after midnight.
scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Breezy. Not
as warm. Highs 85 to 90. East winds 15 to 25 mph decreasing to
10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation
30 percent.
likely. Lows 65 to 70. East winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to
around 30 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
.MONDAY.Showers and thunderstorms likely. Highs around 80. East