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Mission

Los Desconocidos is creating a quilt, made of recycled migrant clothing found at lay-up sites along the US/Mexico border, with approximately 5,000 names of those who have perished in the borderlands. Our mission is to raise awareness about the causes of migration, and the deleterious U.S. foreign and domestic policies that have created the immigration crisis.

Migrant Deaths

Name Sex Age Country Where Discovered Cause of death Sector Quilt Completed
Abel Herrera Medina M 18 Unknown Sierra Vista, Arizona Multiple blunt force injuries Tucson 07-08
Agustin Rita Santos M 40 Mexico I-10 MP 181 Pending Investigation
Agustina Perez Garcia F 37 México 4 miles south of SR 286, MP 16 N 31 43.316 W 111 52.860 Probable hypothermia
Agusto Miguel Juan M 24 Unknown 14 miles north of SR 86, MP 106 N 32 08.693 W 111 53.027 Probable Hyperthermia Tucson 07-08
Altagracia Tapia Guillen F 21 Mexico 1 mile south of Sunland Undetermined
Ana Garcia de Monje F 45 El Salvador St Mary's Hospital Tucson 07-08
Angel Del Valle-Sanchez M 40 México N 31 29.180 W 111 22 38.7 Hypothermia due to exposure to the elements Tucson
Antonio Huaxtitla de los Santos M 50 Mexico Alamo Canyon, 2.8 miles southwest of Desert Shadows Middle Unknown due to skeletel remains Tucson 06-07
Armando Delgado Gil M 33 Mexico GPS: N 32' 06.494/ W 112' 47.343 Probable Hyperthermia Tucson 07-08
Arturo Cortez-Rodriguez M 27 Unknown Bisbee, Arizona Strenuous physical activity
Atancio Ramos Castañeda M 37 Mexico found near Foothills Boulevard Yuma Heat Exposure
Baby Zuno F 0 Unknown University Medical Center Pending Tucson 07-08
Blanca Estrada Cortada F 23 Guatemala I-10, MP 292 (westbound) Blunt impact to the head with skull fracture and a laceration of brain Tucson 07-08
Carlos Francisco Casanova Estrada M 0 Mexico Found one-quarter mile east of County 17 and Ave 4E in Yuma Heat exposure
Carlos M. Larios Requeno M 25 Mexico North of Douglas Liver failure
Ciro Vega Velázquez M 35 Mexico Hunter Canyon Dehydration
Concepcion Anfreas Garcia M 0 Mexico Topawa Undetermined Tucson 03-04
Consuelo Perez Roman M 30 Mexico Caterpillar Trail and Duval Mine Road Pending Tucson 06-07
Daniel Haro Martinez M 21 Mexico I-10 MP 285 Davidson Canyon Blunt impact injuries of head and torso
Descococido M 0 Unknown 3 miles east of MP 6/FR 35 Undetermined Tucson
Desconocida F 0 Unknown 2.5 North of Bigfields Village undetermined skelletal remains Tucson
Desconocida F 0 Unknown Undetermined Tucson
Desconocida F 0 Unknown Flux Canyon Undetermined Tucson
Desconocido M 0 Tucson Sector
Desconocido F 0 Desert area east of Silverbell Mine Undetermined
Desconocido M 0 Unknown AZ 286 MP34 1.6 miles east Undetermined due to skeletal remains
Desconocido 0 N32 degrees 35.108 min/W114 degrees 27.402 min Undetermined
Desconocido M 0 Unknown Found near Wellton, AZ Skeletal remains
Desconocido M 0 Unknown 2.5 miles north of Bigfields Village Undetermined, skeletal remains Tucson
Desconocido M 0 Unknown SR 85 Undetermined Tucson
Desconocido M 0 Mexico Tohono O'odham Undetermined Tucson
Desconocido M 0 Unknown Cardigan Peak Undetermined Tucson
Desconocido M 0 Unknown South of Continental Road and Ajo Way Undetermined Tucson
Desconocido M 0 5 miles W or SR 85 MP 59.4 Undetermined Tucson
Desconocido M 0 Unknown Unknown Undetermined Tucson
Desconocido M 0 Unknown 3 miles east of MP 0 Undetermined Tucson
Desconocido M 0 Arizona City Bones Remains Tucson
Desconocido M 0 Unknown 17400 W. Ajo Hwy Undetermined Tucson
Desconocido M 0 Mexico Why Bones Remains Tucson
Desconocido M 0 Mexico Flux Canyon Bones Remains Tucson
Desconocido M 0 Unknown 1.5 Miles E/O St Rt 286, M.P. 31 Undetermined Tucson
Desconocido M 0 México Ajo Bones Remains Tucson
Domingo Perez Hernandez M 26 Unknown N 32 27.857 W 111 50.054 Probable Hyperthermia Tucson 07-08
Edgar Puc ek M 23 Mexico .3 M east of FR 161 and SR 86 Hyperthermia, due to exposure
Elias Colmenero-Martinez M 34 Unknown GPS: N 32' 01.867/ W 112' 23.571 Probable Hyperthermia Tucson 07-08
Elizabeth Moreno Ortuno F 16 Unknown N 31 47.912 W 112 09.052 Probable Hyperthermia Tucson 07-08
Eugene Guerrero Gutierrez M 39 Mexico N 31.52.243 W112.08.966 Probable Hyperthermia
Faustino Berneorayon M 31 Mexico 7.7 miles NW from end of route 35/1/2 mile south Probable heat stroke due to exposure in hot desert
Fidel Santiago Martinez M 38 Mexico N 32' 27.288 / W 112' 01 507 Exposure Tucson 06-07
Filemon Garcia Garcia M 36 Mexico Aries Drive/Saggitarious Street Blunt impact to head and torso with multiple severe internal injuries Tucson 07-08
Francisco Dominguez-Rivera M 22 Mexico Douglas, Arizona Gunshot wound by BP Agent Nicholas Corbett Tucson 06-07
Francisco Ortega-Ramirez M 34 Mexico GPS: N 32' 04.313/ W 112' 28.715 (9 miles west of Pisinimo Probable Hyperthermia Tucson 07-08
Gabriel Romero Marreros M 19 Unknown N 31 43.970 W 111 50.106 Probable Hyperthermia Tucson 07-08
Gabriel Romero-Marreros M 19 Mexico GPS: N 31' 43.970/ W 111' 50.106 Probable Hyperthermia Tucson 07-08
Guadalupe Perez Garcia F 58 Mexico State Route 86 milepost 57 MVA Tucson 06-07
Hugo Alberto Lozoya-Larrea M 39 Unknown Willcox, AZ Stab wound
Isaac Melo Mejía M 26 Mexico State Route 35 at milepost 12 Probable Hyperthermia Tucson 03-04
Isidro Gutierrez Reyes M 36 Mexico I-10 MP 181 WB Pending investigation
Isidro Rivera Betanzos M 42 Mexico 8 miles east of Topawa Village in the Baboquivari Mountains Exposure Tucson 06-07
Ismael Gómez Herrera M 22 Mexico Arizona 86 near milepost 78 Heat Exposure Tucson 03-04
Joel Espinoza Solis M 41 Mexico Sunshine Road and Green Reservoir Road Probable Hyperthermia Tucson 06-07
Jorge Olguin Barrio M 21 Unknown N31 51.527 W111 55.385 Hanging Tucson 07-08
Jorge Rodriguez Torres M 41 Mexico Off FSR 4131 Undetermined Tucson 07-08
Jose Alcon Villa M 26 Mexico I-10 MP 181 WB Pending investigation
Jose Alfredo Acuna Aranda M 28 Mexico GPS: N 31' 53.474 / W 111' 56.185 Hyperthermia Tucson 06-07
Jose Gabriel Alvarez Hernandez M 33 Mexico 15824 S. Mescal Road Multiple injuries due to train accident Tucson 06-07
Jose Galeano Obdinorellana M 18 Guatemala Green Lantern Dudleyville Tucson 07-08
Jose Herrera Lopez M 34 Unknown Palominas, AZ End-stage kidney disease Tucson 06-07
Jose Juan Lopez Gonzalez M 22 Unknown Hickiwan Village Probable Hyperthermia Tucson 07-08
Jose María Espinoza Martinez M 30 Mexico Blvd. Foothills Bones Remains
Juan Carlos Guijosa-Sandoval M 37 Unknown Fr 1, MP 24 Tucson 07-08
Juda Benhur Macias Ibarra F 15 Unknown N31 32.908 W111 19.117 Probable Hyperthermia Tucson 07-08
Julia del carmen Osorio Jacome F 38 Guatemala 7710 S. Wilmot Road in desert area Diabetic ketoacidosis Tucson 06-07
Leopoldo Neria Romulo M 36 Mexico Aries Drive/Saggitarious Street Blunt impact to head and torso with multiple severe internal injuries Tucson 07-08
Lisandro Ortiz Pablo F 23 Unknown N 32 04.276 W 111 22.421 Probable Hyperthermia Tucson 07-08
Lorena Chávez Martinez F 0
Lucio Santiago Gonzalez M 40 Mexico Three miles west of Montana Vista and Calle Tres Unknown Tucson 06-07
Manuel Martel M 0 Unknown I-10, MP 271.3 MVA Tucson 06-07
Marco Antonio Garcia Trejo M 18 Mexico GPS: N 31' 39.647 / W 111' 09.476 Probable hyperthermia Tucson 06-07
Marco Antonio Rosales Barraza M 19 Mexico Sunland Ginn/Houser Road MVA Tucson 06-07
Margarito Prieto Tepo M 36 Unknown Douglas, Arizona Environmental exposure
Maria de los Angeles Villela Ibarra F 27 Mexico GPS: N 31' 39.647 / W 111' 09.476 Probable Exposure Tucson 06-07
Maria Mendez Morales F 17 Unknown N 31 58.639 W 111 41.913 Probable Hyperthermia Tucson 07-08
Maribel Gonzalez Jimenez F 18 Mexico N 32 39.383 W 112 08.252 Hyperthermia due to exposure to the
Mario Chavez Covarrubias M 24 Mexico Aries Drive/Saggitarious Street Blunt impact to head and torso with multiple severe internal injuries Tucson 07-08
Mauro Antonio Grados Miramontes F 0
Maximino Tecuapacho-Aguila F 47 Unknown Sierra Vista, Arizona Multiple blunt force injuries Tucson 07-08
Mayra Valencia Pacheco F 23 Mexico N 31 24.159 W 111 01.085 Probable dehydration Tucson 07-08
Miguel Angel Velazquez Hernandez M 37 Mexico South of Toro's Ranch near Tecolote Dehydration/exposure
Miguel Angel Zamora-Resendez M 21 Unknown Sells Clinic Hyperthermia
Miguel Becerril-Ramirez M 37 Mexico 15 miles south of I-10, MP 288.5 Asphyxia due to hanging Tucson 06-07
Miguel Jimenez M 61 Unknown Bisbee, Arizona Exposure Tucson 07-08
Miguel Jimez M 0 Tucson
Nancy Navarrete Hernandez F 26 Mexico 1/8 mile w/o Tucson Little Small Church Probable hyperthermia Tucson 03-04
Nicolas Alvarez Sanchez M 63 Mexico Northeast of Bear Grass Camp in Tumacocori Mountains Unknown Tucson 06-07
Nocholas Padilla Reyes M 20 Mexico I-10 MP 181 Pending investigation
Oscar Benjamin Cano Rodriguez M 28 Unknown SR 86 and Fuller Road Hyperthermia Tucson 07-08
Patricia Flores F 18 Unknown N 31 30.650 W 111 19.339 Probable hyperthermia
Pedro Felix Lugo M 22 Mexico N 31 37.940 W 111 21.776 Probable Hyperthermia Tucson 07-08
Pedro Zárraga Ramos M 44 Mexico Mile 340 H.92 Dehydration
Ramon Enrique Paz Ramirez M 24 Mexico N 32 26.826 W 114 14.132 (Yuma) Accidental death due to exposure to the elements
Ricardo Aguilar Cruz M 23 Unknown I-19, 1.2 miles west of Exit 29 Pending Tucson 06-07
Rosalba Hernandez Dorantes F 20 Unknown South of Vamori Village Probable Hyperthermia Tucson 07-08
Rosendo Martinez Ramirez M 34 Mexico Arivaca Road MP 4.5 MVA Tucson 04-05
Ruben Plancarte Ochoa M 36 Mexico Approximately w/o I-19, MP 17 Frontage RD Probable Hyperthermia
Santos Maximiliano Pelico Sontay M 35 Guatemala N 31' 56.437 / W 111 07.384 (just west of S. Saguaro Rd) Pending Tucson 06-07
Teodoro Rodriguez Murguia M 41 Mexico N31 50.773 W112 02.329 Probable Hyperthermia Tucson 07-08
Tiburcio Us Chan M 40 Mexico Walker Rd.Palom Hypothermia
Valentin Estrada Bejarano M 38 Mexico Unknown Probable drowning, other significant: coronary atherosclerosis
Valentina de Jesus Apolinio F 42 Unknown University Medical Center MVA Tucson 07-08
Victor Alfonso Cruz Santos M 0 Tucson 07-08
Victor Valencia Valencia M 19 Mexico Aries Drive/Saggitarious Street Blunt impact to head and torso with multiple severe internal injuries Tucson 07-08
Yesenia Blancas Rosete F 26 Mexico 4 miles west of milepost 8.5 Federal Route 19 - GPS N 31' 4 Probable Hyperthermia Tucson 06-07
Yolanda Muller Blanco F 46 Nicaragua N 31 54.219 W 112 65.432 Hypothermia due to exposure to the elements