Norma Jean Gargasz

KIDS IN DESERT

Karin Ixzel Onofre Salinas, 6, of San Martin, Tlaxcala, Mexico, savors an apple given to her by a U. S. Border Patrol agent after her apprehension on June 25 north of Route 86 near milepost 127 on the Tohono O'odham Reservation. The girl walked for three days along with relatives through the West Desert in temperatures exceeding 110 degrees. Her aunt had hoped to take her to Phoenix, then New York, where the girl's mother lives. A smuggler received between $300 and $400 to guide the girl on her journey, but others in thr group reported he ran off when a U. S. Customs helicopter spotted the group. (PHOTO: NORMA JEAN GARGASZ)

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Karin Ixzel Onofre Salinas, 6, of San Martin, Tlaxcala, Mexico, savors an apple given to her by a U. S. Border Patrol agent after her apprehension on June 25 north of Route 86 near milepost 127 on the Tohono O'odham Reservation. The girl walked for three days along with relatives through the West Desert in temperatures exceeding 110 degrees. Her aunt had hoped to take her to Phoenix, then New York, where the girl's mother lives. A smuggler received between $300 and $400 to guide the girl on her journey, but others in thr group reported he ran off when a U. S. Customs helicopter spotted the group. (PHOTO: NORMA JEAN GARGASZ)