Border Patrol deploys rescue beacons in wake of 32 migrant deaths in Big Bend region of Texas
by: Julian Resendiz
Posted: Jul 24, 2021 / 05:41 PM CDT / Updated: Jul 24, 2021 / 05:41 PM CDT
MARFA, Texas (Border Report) – Thirty-two migrants have died this year after crossing into the United States in the Big Bend area of Texas — four times as many as in the previous year.
That is why the U.S. Border Patrol this week unveiled a new tool to cut down on those fatalities: an array of solar-powered rescue beacons being placed in remote enclaves of the West Texas desert.
The 30-foot towers feature illustrations and simple phrases in English and Spanish at the base instructing migrants who are lost, were abandoned by cartel smugglers, are injured or suffering from dehydration to push a big red button that will alert authorities to their plight.
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