Thread: 15 people found dehydrated in desert near Gila Bend

15 people found dehydrated in desert near Gila Bend
by Senta Scarborough - Jun. 22, 2008 03:23 PM
The Arizona Republic
Fifteen adults, including three suffering severe dehydration, have been taken to local hospitals after they flagged down motorists for help along State Route 85 near Gila Bend Sunday afternoon, U.S. Border Patrol officials said.

A citizen reported that people were trying to get assistance from passing motorists around noon at mile marker 9, U.S. Border Patrol Spokesman Mario Escalante said.

U.S. Border Patrol responded to the area and found 15 people suffering from dehydration. The temperature was around 109 degrees in Phoenix, according to the National Weather Service website.

"Most of the people were in pretty bad shape," Escalante said. "At this time, their safety and well-being is our first priority."

Three of those people were suffering from severe dehydration and were flown by helicopters to local hospitals for treatment. The others were transported by ambulance to local hospitals, Escalante said. There were no children involved, Escalante said.

It is unknown whether the people are undocumented and have recently crossed the U.S. border. After the people have received proper medical treatment, border patrol officials will investigate and determine their legal status, Escalante said.






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How much did this cost ? Don't you just love the way we cater to lawbreakers?

It is unknown whether the people are undocumented and have recently crossed the U.S. border. After the people have received proper medical treatment, border patrol officials will investigate and determine their legal status, Escalante said.

DUH!!

STUPIDITY AT ITS BEST!

17 people found dehydrated in desert near Gila Bend
124 commentsby Senta Scarborough - Jun. 22, 2008 06:30 PM
The Arizona Republic
Seventeen people, including four suffering severe dehydration, have been taken to local hospitals after they flagged down motorists for help along Arizona 85 near Gila Bend Sunday afternoon, U.S. Border Patrol officials said.

A 26-year-old woman and her two male children were among the group, said Rob Daniels, a U.S. Border Patrol spokesman. Border patrol officials are still investigating the incident, but preliminary information leads them to believe these people are undocumented immigrants who crossed the border illegally, just west of Lukeville, a border town.

A citizen reported that people were trying to get assistance from passing motorists around noon at mile marker No. 9, U.S. Border Patrol Spokesman Mario Escalante said.
U.S. Border Patrol responded to the area and found 17 people suffering from dehydration. The temperature was around 109 degrees in Phoenix, according to the National Weather Service Web site.

"Most of the people were in pretty bad shape," Escalante said. "At this time, their safety and well-being is our first priority."

Four of those people were suffering from severe dehydration and were flown by helicopters to local hospitals for treatment. The others were transported by ambulance to local hospitals, Escalante said. Two in the group were taken to a hospital in West Phoenix and another was taken to a hospital in Casa Grande. Judging from the location these people were found, agents believe they may have been out in the desert for three days and had traveled 71 miles, Daniels said.

Though the temperature was about 110 degrees in the Phoenix-Tucson area, Daniels explained that temperatures in the desert were much higher, 125 to 140 degrees.

Daniels said it would be difficult to carry enough water and food to sustain human life under those weather conditions and would take at least two gallons of water per hour to keep a person hydrated.


Reporter Lily Leung contributed to this article








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I thought illegals were going home in record numbers. I guess this group of 17 did not get the message...

Treat em, arrest them, process them and ship em back over the border!

I blame both countries for this happening. They should be ashamed of themselves.

They should have had this: