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

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

By Uriel J. García/The Texas Tribune, Patrick Lohmann/Source New Mexico, Yuriko Shumacher/The Texas Tribune Editor’s note: This story includes images of skeletal human remains found by volunteers in the desert. This article is co-published and co-reported with the Source New Mexico, an independent, nonprofit newsroom and affiliate of States Newsroom. SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — On a hot morning in September, after hours of trekking through the Ch…