Texas county to look into immigrant burials

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FALFURRIAS, Texas (AP) — Officials in a rural South Texas county overwhelmed by immigrant deaths in recent years promised Wednesday to get to the bottom of why dozens of unidentified immigrants were improperly buried in a local cemetery.

Brooks County commissioners voted unanimously to move ahead with a preliminary inquiry led by the Texas Rangers that will aim to figure out who was responsible for the burials and whether any laws were broken.

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