Briefs: 3 immigrant bodies found in desert (Green Valley News & Sun)

Briefs: 3 immigrant bodies found in desert
Published: Friday, January 29, 2010 11:30 PM MST

Border Patrol agents recovered the bodies of three Mexican nationals in remote desert areas in the past two weeks.

Agents from the Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector called the Pima County Sheriff’s Office after they were contacted by somebody who found skeletal remains near Highway 286 west of Green Valley on Jan. 23. Evidence at the site identified the remains as those of a female Mexican national.

The same day, agents discovered the body of a male Mexican national in a remote desert area in Santa Cruz County.

On Monday, a body was found wrapped in clothing near Robles Junction, east of Three Points, by somebody who called the Border Patrol. The person may have died due to exposure from the recent cold weather.

In other Border Patrol incidents, agents from the Tucson Station arrested 17 Chinese nationals in several incidents in the past two weeks, including four west of Nogales on Monday.