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Female illegal immigrant dies of snake bite

Aug 14, 2006 02:41 PM EDT

A female illegal immigrant is dead after being bitten by a rattlesnake while crossing the border.

It happened Saturday about 25 miles northeast of Lukeville in the Organ Pipe National Monument.

Border Patrol says the victim's husband activated a beacon to get help.

Authorities say this brings the death toll to 141 since October.

They also say this is the first time in recent memory that agents found an illegal immigrant who died from an animal bite.







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