After El Paso joined Abbott’s border crackdown, the number of dead migrants in the New Mexico desert surged


“After El Paso joined Abbott’s border crackdown, the number of dead migrants in the New Mexico desert surged” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Editor’s note: This story includes images of skeletal human remains found by volunteers in the desert. This article is co-published and co-reported with the Source New Mexico, an independent, nonprofit newsroom and affiliate of States Newsroom.