Migrant deaths in New Mexico have increased tenfold in last two years
Posted by Portalrules123@reddit | collapse | View on Reddit | 5 comments
Posted by Portalrules123@reddit | collapse | View on Reddit | 5 comments
BTRCguy@reddit
Some but not all of this could be explained by an increased number of people trying to cross the border in the past few years. Obviously this is imprecise, but if the number of encounters is related to the number of people trying, then more people are trying. However, "encounters" is also related to agents, funding, political will, etc., so take this as you will.
lowrads@reddit
Organized crime has probably picked up on the realization that you don't have to shoot your enemies. You could just lock them up in a container, wait for them to succumb, then dump the body by the border.
The69BodyProblem@reddit
Its probably hard to get specific numbers on this , but id like to see a comparison with the number of migrants in year. Like if the number of migrants has also increased tenfold then this would be about in lime with previous years. I doubt the number of migrants has increased that much, and im sure this is mostly heat related, but a single data point like this doesn't really tell you much.
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SS: Related to collapse as migrant deaths along the border of the USA and Mexico in New Mexico have exponentially shot up in the last two years, even as border crossings in general have slightly decreased. This is likely due to warming conditions along the border as many of the deaths are found to be from heat-related causes. As long as climate change, crime, and poor economic prospects continue in Latin America the flow of migrants will not stop, and if we see a future collapse of the Amazon as an ecosystem expect the flow and resulting deaths to dramatically increase.
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Portalrules123@reddit (OP)
SS: Related to collapse as migrant deaths along the border of the USA and Mexico in New Mexico have exponentially shot up in the last two years, even as border crossings in general have slightly decreased. This is likely due to warming conditions along the border as many of the deaths are found to be from heat-related causes. As long as climate change, crime, and poor economic prospects continue in Latin America the flow of migrants will not stop, and if we see a future collapse of the Amazon as an ecosystem expect the flow and resulting deaths to dramatically increase.