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The bodies and vehicle were found in the Vekol Valley, a rugged, mountainous desert area that's a well-known smuggling corridor for drugs and undocumented immigrants headed from Mexico to Phoenix and the U.S. interior.
The bodies were so badly burned that investigators couldn't immediately determine their gender or ethnicity. While it's unclear whether the victims were from Mexico, the sheriff's office has notified the Mexican Consulate.
At daybreak, an agent spotted tracks leading from Interstate 8 into the desert. The vehicle that left the tracks had apparently launched off the highway, going airborne for a short distance before landing in the desert. The tracks continued on for a couple of miles.
air travel las vegas The sheriff said the extent of the violence, particularly in the western part of the county – about 35 miles south of Phoenix – is more evidence that drug smuggling north of the border hasn't subsided.
Pinal County deputies were involved in more than 350 high-speed pursuits last year, and Babeu said most of those involved cartel members. There have been shootings, the bodies of murder victims have been left in the desert and just this week, several loads of drugs were confiscated, he said.
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This happened last week. It is just making it to HP now? Doesn't anyone who works for this rag ever read anything else? This was right next to the story about how Pima County is being investigated for selling off some of the military surplus hardware they get.
Yes someone appeared to be smuggling them and decided the human load wasn't worth keeping. They are not sure yet how they died but they are sure it was the cartels and the fire definitely had something to do with it. The drivers, who killed air travel las vegas everyone and burned the vehicle, escaped and are still at large.