Migrant Deaths in New Mexico: Volunteer Search for Remains

Volunteer Search Efforts

• 🔍 Battalion Search and Rescue, led by ex-marine James Holman, operates in the arid desert near Santa Teresa, New Mexico.
• 🎯 Their mission is to locate the presumed remains of migrants attempting to cross into the United States.
• 🗺️ The group utilizes GPS mapping and marking techniques to record sites, aiming to assist families in finding lost loved ones.

Grim Discoveries and Concerns

• 💔 In the past two years, the group reports finding the bodies of 100 women in the area.
• ⚠️ Group member Abby Carpenter noted that in the last year alone, they discovered 25 sites with human remains.
• 🗣️ Holman expresses frustration, questioning the government's allocation of resources towards