There is no evidence that links the humanitarian aid camp, run by the group No More Deaths, with Mexican cartel trafficking. The group is a ministry of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson, and it runs the camp as a medical aid station for migrants suffering from medical emergencies, like dehydration.

While the camp has been raided by border patrol officials, and volunteers from the camp have been charged with crimes that include human smuggling when volunteers led struggling migrants to the camp for aid, all charges were later dropped or successfully challenged in court. 

Since 2000, around 4,300 migrants have died crossing the desert in Arizona, making it one of the deadliest land routes for migration in the world. Exposure to the elements is the most common cause of death. 

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