The body of a 7-year-old girl believed to be from India was found in a remote desert area in Arizona this week, according to US Customs and Border Protection.
Authorities said the unidentified girl was trying to cross into the united states with a group of people from her country. Her body was discovered 17 miles west of Lukeville, just over the US-Mexico border.
The group was trying to get into the US after human smugglers dropped them off near the Mexico border, the agency said in a statement on Thursday. Temperatures in the rugged wilderness where agents found her remains Wednesday hovered around 108 degrees.
