Fatalities reported as migrants cross US-Mexico border

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56% : As many as 37 others have been rescued from the river near Eagle Pass of Texas, according to a statement from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
46% : Latest government data show that in the Del Rio sector of the Border Patrol, which extends 395 km along the Rio Grande including Eagle Pass, US officials have discovered bodies of more than 200 migrants from October through July.
40% : The Border Patrol has carried out 443 migrant rescues in the El Paso sector this fiscal year, with a toll of 63 fatalities, compared with the 688 rescues and 39 deaths in the region last year, said the report.
32% : Many other fatalities are also attributed to extreme heat or cold, falls from hills or border walls, and motor vehicle accidents, said the KXAN report.

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