New Mexico Desert Tragedies Surge as Migrant Deaths Hit Record Highs Near U.S.-Mexico Border
Sunland Park, N.M. — With the heat shimmering off the desert sand, Laura Mae Williams, an official from the New Mexico Medical Investigator’s Office, has grown all too familiar with the tragic scene along the U.S.-Mexico border. Tasked with recovering bodies in a role that once saw minimal activity, Williams now finds her visits increasing in frequency. “I might be called out for one discovery only to have Border Patrol report more before the day …