'Suffocating heat': Body of US-bound migrant recovered at Mexico border
In the desert of the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, near the US border, migrants are risking their lives attempting the desert crossing to the United States in extreme temperatures. After the body of a migrant was recovered by Mexican civil protection officials, authorities are cautioning migrants to avoid the perilous journey. At a Catholic church community kitchen for US-bound migrants Venezuelan Bilmari Karin recounts her journey: "It's a lot. A lot of suffocating heat, there's the sand, you go through a lot of things in the desert."
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00:00This is a person who tried to cross to the United States and was abandoned by the police
00:29The people who brought him came and today we recover the body
00:33This operation began two days ago with the disappearance
00:38The family tells us and we start looking for the person
00:44In this case, the person is already dead
01:00Yes, a lot, a lot of heat, a lot of mud, the sand
01:05You go through a lot of things in the desert, cold at night, the rain too
01:11It's a lot
01:13No, it's too strong
01:15On the way you get more or less used to what you come on the train
01:20And the truth is, it's too hot, you come with a little dehydrated
01:26And here, too much, too much, and here it does not go down
01:31And what it does is 43, 44 or 45 degrees of heat, too strong