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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The 23 illegal immigrants were lost in the southern Arizona desert, where the temperatures had soared to more than 100 degrees. They were running out of water, running out of time.
A cell phone proved to be their lifeline Sunday. The group called 911 and by nightfall, they had been rescued.
"Had they not had a cell phone, they would not have been found," said Ron Bellavia, commander of the Border Patrol's search, trauma and rescue operations in the agency's Tucson sector. About a dozen migrants were found dead last weekend, officials said.
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