Amid extreme Texas heat, barrels of drinking water left out for migrants by human rights groups have vanished

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A water station for immigrants containing sealed jugs of fresh water sits along a fence line near a roadway in rural Jim Hogg County, Texas, Tuesday, July 25, 2023.
A water station for immigrants containing sealed jugs of fresh water sits along a fence line near a roadway in rural Jim Hogg County, Texas, Tuesday, July 25, 2023.Michael Gonzalez/AP

  • Amid a summer of record-breaking heat, drinking water left out for migrants in Texas has vanished.

  • A human rights group keeps more than 100 barrels of water stocked for migrants in rural Texas.

  • At least 85 migrants have died in South Texas this year alone, mostly of heat stroke.

As one of the worst heat waves on record set in across much of the southern United States this summer, authorities and activists in South Texas found themselves embroiled in a mystery in this arid region near the border with Mexico.

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