Cousin: Man dies after abandoned by smugglers
NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) - October 17, 2011
Border Patrol spokesman Brent Cagen said Monday that agents in
Nogales found a 26-year-old Mexican man unconscious in the desert
on Friday afternoon. He was airlifted to a nearby hospital but died
Saturday.
Cagen says the man's cousin was with him and didn't need medical
attention.
The cousin told agents that smugglers abandoned the pair when
his cousin couldn't keep up.
On Sunday, agents in Casa Grande also saved a 39-year-old woman
who was lost in the desert and called 911 and a 38-year-old man
suffering from severe dehydration and heat exposure.
