Border Patrol agents accused of abusing migrants

09:39 PM MST on Wednesday, September 17, 2008

By Deanna Morgan, Fox 11 News

A group of Tucson activists carried allegations of abuse of migrants to Washington on Wednesday, September 17. They claim it’s the U.S. Border Patrol doing the abusing.

The number of known migrant bodies recovered along the Arizona-Mexico border this year stands roughly at 148, according to the website NoMoreDeaths.org. But that count only goes through July of this year. Their statistics show 100 fewer bodies were recovered this year compared to last year. But the group says more importantly than how many migrants die in the desert is Border Patrol’s treatment of them.

“We’re carrying these stories of abuse, and we hope that they’re heard and that they’re taken seriously, and that people can understand the reality of the war zone that is on the border,â€