Published: 07.10.2009

Crosser dies despite boyfriend's call for aid
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
An illegal immigrant died despite her boyfriend's call for help on his cell phone Wednesday after they became lost without food or water in a remote part of the Tohono O'odham Nation, said a spokesman for the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector.
The Pima County Sheriff's Department transferred the boyfriend's 911 call to the Border Patrol, which then notified its search, trauma and rescue team, Borstar, said agency spokesman Mike Scioli.
The agents found the two illegal immigrants at 11:30 a.m. near the village of Sil Nayka, about 45 miles west of Tucson, he said. The village is in the eastern part of the reservation.
The unidentified woman was dead at the scene, Scioli said. The man, from Hidalgo, Mexico, was in good condition and is to be returned to Mexico.
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