The 73-page report, “‘They Fired on Us Like Rain’: Saudi Arabian Mass Killings of Ethiopian Migrants at the Yemen-Saudi Border,” found that Saudi border guards have used explosive weapons to kill many migrants and shot other migrants at close range, including many women and children, in a widespread and systematic pattern of attacks. In some instances, Saudi border guards asked migrants what limb to shoot, and then shot them at close range. Saudi border guards also fired explosive weapons at migrants who were attempting to flee back to Yemen.
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A policy of deterrence through intentional neglect has not had an impact on migration, but it has resulted in far more losses among migrants and refugees.
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A migrant was found dead late last month on a rugged hillside a few miles north of the border, local and federal authorities confirmed this week.
A volunteer search-and-rescue organization alerted authorities to the 33-year-old man’s death around 2:45 p.m. June 30, according to statements from the U.S. Border Patrol and Medical Examiner’s Office.
Personnel from the Sheriff’s Department were sent in search of the body; an ASTREA helicopter crew helped locate it, sheriff’s spokesperson Lt. Amber Baggs said in a statement.
According to the Medical Examiner’s Office, the body was on a mountain just north of Otay Mountain Truck Trail, a few miles north of the border and southwest of Dulzura.