Death Of Illegal Immigrant

Border Patrol agents discovered a woman’s body in Montezuma Canyon a mile west of the park visitor center on the afternoon of June 30th. She was identified as Marta Yolanda Gonzalez-Pineda, 34, of Jalapa, Guatemala. Gonzalez-Pineda had been traveling north with a group of illegal immigrants when she apparently died of severe dehydration. Temperatures in the park during the day were close to 100 degrees. The Cochise County Sheriffs Department removed the body and transported it to the medical examiners office. The Border Patrol is investigating.