Body of illegal immigrant found


SIERRA VISTA — Cochise County Search and Rescue recovered the body of an illegal immigrant Wednesday evening after U.S. Border Patrol had taken a group of illegal immigrants into custody.

The group told agents they had left a man behind when he became ill. Responding agents located the body 1.7 miles southeast of Hereford on Hereford Road.

Cochise County Sheriff’s Office Spokeswoman Carol Capas said the deceased was 32-year-old Jorge Alberto Lopez Cervantes of Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico.

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