In other news from Arizona, human rights groups are warning this year could be the deadliest for migrants attempting to cross over from Mexico. Officials in Pima County say at least 170 bodies have been found this year, on pace to surpass the record 218 found in 2007. Kevin Riley of the group No More Deaths said migrant aid groups have been cut off from some of the most dangerous areas.

Kevin Riley: “It’s frustrating, because the deaths are going up, but we don’t know where people are moving. And then when we look at the map of where the deaths are in the desert, especially just in the Tucson sector, the majority are on land that we can’t go to.”

July was the worst month so far with fifty-nine deaths, more than half from heat-related causes.