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El Paso’s Heat Is Killing in Record Numbers. It May Only Get Worse
In El Paso, heat deaths hit record highs in 2023 and 2024. Advocates say not enough is being done to protect the region’s most vulnerable people.
Story by Martha Pskowski, photos by Paul Ratje
EL PASO—Retired Catholic priest Arturo Bañuelas leaned into the microphone as he urged county commissioners to do something about the growing crisis of migrants dying in the desert just miles from the courthouse where he stood.