Search concludes for immigrants in desert west of Phoenix
By AMANDA LEE MYERS
Associated Press Writer
PHOENIX (AP) -- Officials combing the desert for illegal immigrants abandoned by their smuggler 50 miles west of here concluded their search Wednesday afternoon.
Only three illegal immigrants were found Wednesday, a day after authorities found as many as 100 immigrants as they patrolled a dirt road and saw a suspicious vehicle coming out of the brush.
The immigrants, who were in distress and stepped out into the view of the deputies, stood out in an undeveloped area covered with creosote bushes and palo verde trees.
Twenty-five were taken to Del E. Webb Hospital west of Phoenix for heat-related injuries, said Noreen Vanca, administrative director of emergency services at the facility. Three deputies with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office also were hospitalized.
Associated Press Writer
PHOENIX (AP) -- Officials combing the desert for illegal immigrants abandoned by their smuggler 50 miles west of here concluded their search Wednesday afternoon.
Only three illegal immigrants were found Wednesday, a day after authorities found as many as 100 immigrants as they patrolled a dirt road and saw a suspicious vehicle coming out of the brush.
The immigrants, who were in distress and stepped out into the view of the deputies, stood out in an undeveloped area covered with creosote bushes and palo verde trees.
Twenty-five were taken to Del E. Webb Hospital west of Phoenix for heat-related injuries, said Noreen Vanca, administrative director of emergency services at the facility. Three deputies with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office also were hospitalized.
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