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Spike in Migrant Deaths on the Southern Border

12.8.23 This week on New Mexico in Focus, Executive Producer Jeff Proctor speaks with two journalists, Lauren Villagran of USA Today and Omar Ornelas of the El Paso Times, about their yearlong investigation into a spike in migrant deaths along the U.S.-Mexico border. 

Correspondent: Jeff Proctor 

Guests: 
Lauren Villagran, border reporter, USA Today Network  
Omar Ornelas, photojournalist, El Paso Times 

For More Information: 

‘It’s heartbreaking’: Day after day, New Mexico investigator recovers migrant remains – El Paso Times