Illegal immigrant deaths on record pace in July

By Brady McCombs Arizona Daily Star
July 15, 2010 3:14 pm

Illegal border crossers are dying at record rates this month.

Since July 1, the Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office has handled the bodies of 38 illegal border crossers, said Dr. Bruce Parks, chief medical examiner. That mid-month total puts July on pace to match or break the all-time single month record of 68 in July 2005.

“I never thought we would see that again,â€