[Vision2020] From the pages of the Nogales (AZ) International

[pkraut at moscow.com]

For me the sad thing is the children abandoned on the border. Many 
churches are working overtime trying to feed and clothe them. I think it 
is just greed that brings so many accross the border. And Mexico doesn't 
care to help fix the problems because they are greedy also.




> Kai,
> 
> I just read a similar heartbreaking article in the Texas Observer.  In 
Webb 
> County the budget for the Coroner and the monies for indigent care were 
> depleted by April.  There are graveyards all over these border counties 
> where the bodies of unidentified Mexican nationals are buried, most of 
whom 
> have died from dehydration or other illness.  There are many more 
positive 
> things we could do here that would benefit both countries more than 
building 
> some damned fence.
> 
> Sue
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kai Eiselein, editor" <editor at lataheagle.com>
> To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:46 PM
> Subject: [Vision2020] From the pages of the Nogales (AZ) International
> 
> 
> > On Sunday, July 16, at 6:05 a.m. a man flagged down a Border Patrol 
> > vehicle
> > on the west side of Rio Rico near Via Encinos and Calvillo Court in an
> > effort to help his brother. Omar Lopez Mendiola, 28, had apparently 
become
> > sick and eventually unresponsive after the two had crossed over the
> > U.S.-Mexico border. Emergency personnel from the Rio Rico Fire 
Department
> > were unable to revive the victim, and he was pronounced dead at 7:30 
a.m.
> > Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada said he waiting for a medical
> > examiner's report on the cause of death.
> > Eleventh this year
> > "That makes it 11 so far this year," said Estrada, referring to the 
number
> > of illegal border crossers who are known to have died in Santa Cruz 
County
> > since Jan. 1.
> >
> > "We had 12 in total last year. We're not even half way and almost 
meeting
> > the same numbers as last year. That is not good at all."
> > "This is very sad," said Georgina de la Garza Garcia, a spokesperson 
for 
> > the
> > Mexican Consulate after notification of the incident.
> > She said that even though the brother of the deceased notified the 
next of
> > kin, it often becomes the job of the consulate to try and locate the 
> > family
> > of deceased Mexican nationals.
> > According to De la Garza Garcia, if a deceased individual has 
> > identification
> > then the consulate attempts to find their family members through the
> > Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico.
> > Consulate helps the family
> > Once relatives are certain that the deceased is a relative (usually 
> > through
> > the recognition of certain belongings), the Mexican Consulate helps the
> > family to transfer the body to their hometown in Mexico for burial.
> > If the victim cannot be identified in Mexico, the Mexican Consulate 
> > extends
> > its search through its offices in the United States to see if anyone 
has
> > inquired about a lost person.
> > Mendiola was from Iztapalapa, located in eastern Mexico City.
> >
> >
> > Kai Eiselein, editor
> > Latah Eagle
> >
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