The bodies of two migrants, one of which was found near a school, were recovered by authorities within a remote town in New Mexico in the space of 24 hours.
In the overnight hours of Wednesday, the corpse of a 35-year-old Mexican woman was found at the base of Mount Cristo Rey in Sunland Park, according to KVIA, which cited information from local police and firefighters.
Within 24 hours, another body, which has not yet been identified, was located in a nearby desert area around Riverside Elementary School.
Fire officials confirmed one of the two corpses in a tweet, though Sunland Park Police Chief Javier Guerra confirmed the second deceased individual.
“Sunland Park Fire Department responded to a body found at the base of Mt. Cristo Rey last night,” the department wrote. “Body was discovered by Border Patrol agents. Scene was turned over to the Sunland Park Police Department.”
The pair of discoveries followed rescue efforts for a migrant who crossed the U.S.-Mexico Border and was subsequently injured in the desert. The unidentified illegal crosser has since been transported to a local hospital.
Mt. Cristo Rey SAR UPDATE:
Patient has been rescued and brought off the mountain by Sunland Park Fire, Sunland Park Police, and CBP personnel and transferred to the ambulance for evaluation and transport to a local hospital. pic.twitter.com/224dOPNgsz
— SunlandParkFire (@SunlandParkFire) June 16, 2021
Officials in the Sunland Park area over the last few weeks have been scrambling to contain a wave of incidents. On June 9, authorities recovered two Ecuadorian women, and a day later, they found a third 20-year-old male, who has since died of heat-related complications.
In late May, a migrant man had traumatic injuries and a migrant woman sustained a severe head injury after falling off a border wall in the remote New Mexico town.
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President Joe Biden has faced bipartisan backlash for his handling of a crisis at the border as record numbers of migrants continue to flood facilities and overwhelm law enforcement. Vice President Kamala Harris has been the subject of similar scorn after she had yet to visit the U.S.-Mexico border despite being tapped as immigration czar more than three months ago.
Border Patrol did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Washington Examiner.
