Operation Lone Star has helped fund miles of militarization along the U.S. border. But how are funds invested in communities 80+ miles north of the border? Reporter Alicia Barrera and photojournalist Sal Salazar visit Brooks County for a closer look.
Large ranches help make up Brooks County’s nearly 950 square miles. The Texas county is south of Corpus Christi off US Highway 281 and slightly over an hour from the U.S. border. It’s also known to be the busiest corridor for undocumented immigrants and an area where many die.
According to Martínez, groups of migrants are dropped off south of the Falfurrias Border Patrol Checkpoint and instructed by smugglers to tread in the sand through the dense brush.“We have a lot of placards that can be utilized for specific locations where they can get identified or actually get, you know, rescued,” Martínez said. “But they just don’t stay there. They move. And it’s a hard death because they know they’re dying.
So far this year, Brooks County Sheriff’s Office reports 65 bodies were recovered and placed in its new and permanent morgue, also funded by Operation Lone Star. The form of obtaining the fingerprint depends on the body’s state of decomposition. Tougher cases with severe dehydration will require the use of macrophotography.
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