PUBLIC SAFETY: REGIONAL EDITION

Suspected border-crosser discovered dead at park

October 23, 2008

SOUTH COUNTY: The body of a man believed to be an illegal border-crosser, 25 to 30 years old, was found yesterday at Border Field State Park south of Imperial Beach, authorities said.

Agents were chasing undocumented immigrants when they came across the body about 10:45 a.m., Medical Examiner's Office officials said. The body lay about 200 yards north of a monument that is frequented by families on both sides of the border, said Mark Endicott, a Border Patrol spokesman.

The cause of death is unknown, but Medical Examiner's Office officials said the man may have had medical problems. The Sheriff's Department is handling the investigation

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