A 45-year-old man died over the weekend after attempting to traverse across the desert region surrounding Yuma.
Credit: AP
FILE - In this March 2, 2019, file photo, a Customs and Border Control agent patrols on the U.S. side of a razor-wire-covered border wall along Mexico east of Nogales, Ariz. After a record hot and dry summer, more deaths among border-crossers have been documented in Arizona's desert and mountains. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Author: 12 News
Updated: 5:33 PM MST August 2, 2021
YUMA, Ariz. — A 45-year-old man died Sunday morning after a group of migrants got lost through the Southern Arizona desert.
Authorities said a distressed 18-year-old woman called 911 early Sunday morning after she and three others got lost walking through a remote desert region near Yuma.