Border agents find body SW of Tucson
By Phil Villarreal
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 08.31.2009
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The body of a woman from Mexico City was found dead outside of Tucson Saturday, a U.S. Border Patrol spokesman said.
A ranch hand called the Border Patrol at 5 p.m. Saturday and reported the body near Arizona 286 near milepost 36. The Border Patrol handed over the remains to the Pima County Sheriff’s Department, said Border Patrol spokesman Mario Escalante.
“Folks are still being brought over by smugglers,” Escalante said, indicating the woman may have died from heat exhaustion. “A smuggler still needs to make money no mater the type of heat.” The Border Patrol declined to release the woman’s name at the request of