Santa Fe New Mexican

1 of 11 rescued border crossers dies

- Staff and wire reports

GILA BEND, Ariz. — One of 11 suspected border crossers who were rescued from a desert area in Arizona has died at a hospital, federal authoritie­s said Thursday.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in the Yuma office said a 17-year-old resident of Mexico was found unconsciou­s in Gila Bend and airlifted to a hospital along with two men who remain hospitaliz­ed.

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