After El Paso Joined Abbott’s Border Crackdown, the Number of Dead Migrants in the New ...

After El Paso joined Abbott’s border crackdown, the number of dead migrants in the New Mexico desert surged

Since El Paso joined Operation Lone Star in 2022, migrant remains discovered in the desert west of the city have increased every year, even as they have declined in every other border sector.

After El Paso joined Abbott’s border crackdown, the number of dead migrants in the New Mex

New Mexico — On a hot morning in September, after hours of trekking through the Chihuahuan desert, Abbey Carpenter and her partner James Holeman spotted a pile

After El Paso joined Abbott’s border crackdown, the number of dead migrants in the New ...

"After El Paso joined Abbott’s border crackdown, the number of dead migrants in the

Deaths in the New Mexico desert surge after Texas' border crackdown reaches El Paso • Source New Mexico

Doña Ana County Sheriff Deputy N. Al-Abayad, left, and Detective Alan Barbosa transport a body bag containing the bones of a migrant, first found by volunteers with Battalion Search and Rescue, on May 3, 2025. The discovery of migrant bodies in the desert has spiked since El Paso joined Texas’ Operation Lone Star. (Photo by Justin Hamel / Texas Tribune)This article is co-published and co-reported with The Texas Tribune, an independent nonprofit …

After El Paso joined Abbott’s border crackdown, the number of dead mi…

Since El Paso joined Operation Lone Star in 2022, migrant remains discovered in the desert west of the city have increased every year, even as they have declined in every other border sector.

Deaths in the New Mexico desert surge after Texas’ border crackdown reaches El Paso

By: Uriel J. García, Texas Tribune, Patrick Lohmann, Yuriko Schumacher, Texas Tribune and Photos by Justin Hamel This article originally appeared on Source New Mexico and is republished under their Creative Commons license. SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — On a hot morning in September, after hours of trekking through the Chihuahuan desert, Abbey Carpenter and […] The article Deaths in the New Mexico desert surge after Texas’ border crackdown reaches …