At least 500 women have died on the US border in recent years

The number of women who died on the United States border with Mexico has increased in recent years, according to data from the Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP) obtained by the organization No More Deaths, based in Texas.

Over 500 women have died at the border since 2021, representing more than a quarter of all deaths in 2024. This, reported Tuesday, is an all-time high and an increase over figures that have been available for years. previous.

The non-profit organization Humane Border estimates that there is a significant increase in cases of deaths of women between the ages of 20 and 29. The majority of people who lost their lives trying to reach the United States, according to demographic studies, are from Mexico or Central America.

Some 4,865 migrants have died on the border between Mexico and the United States in the last 10 years, between November 3, 2014 and November 3, 2024, according to the open data portal of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

The United Nations estimates that this border crossing has become the most dangerous land migratory route in the world.

According to No More Deaths, since CBP began recording mortality data, this year the El Paso, Texas sector became the deadliest in the United States border area. 40% of the remains found on the US border occurred in that area, surpassing the Rio Grande Valley and Tucson sectors.

“While the CBP figure for the El Paso sector is 176, comparing it with data from local medical examiners results in a figure of no less than 196 deaths during calendar year 2024, a 20% increase over compared to last year’s historic deaths and almost double the figure from just two years ago,” the organization said Tuesday.

During the administration of President Joe Biden, encounters with irregular migrants increased to historic levels, an issue that was the focus of the campaign of now President-elect Donald Trump.

Trump announced that Tom Homan, former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), will be in charge of the country’s borders in his new administration.

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