A University of Houston study said that 1,185 people died trying to enter the United States from Mexico in the 1993-96 period. The study, reported in The Dallas Morning News, said the leading causes were: drowning, 72 percent; automobile-relate, 8 percent; "environmental" (heat stroke or dehydration), 5 percent.
Immigrant Deaths
A University of Houston study said that 1,185 people died trying to enter the United States from Mexico in the 1993-96 period. The study, reported in The Dallas Morning News, said the leading causes were: drowning, 72 percent; automobile-relate, 8 percent; "environmental" (heat stroke or dehydration), 5 percent.
