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Special ceremony held for lives of migrants lost in Brooks County

Brooks County Sheriff Urbino "Benny" Martinez told 3NEWS that in Brooks County this year there have been 80 migrant remains discovered.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A number of area immigration rights advocates are remembering the migrants who died in Brooks County over the past year. 

The ceremony took place outside of the Brooks County Courthouse across the street from the South Texas Human Rights Center

Representatives from Texas State University were present at the ceremony as well as those from the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley.

Crosses were set out in remembrance of the migrants who were found dead in the desert county.

"It's an opportunity for us to recognize the people who have died. They were after the American dream and unfortunately Brooks County happens to be the number one place where people die," said Eddie Canales, Executive Director of the Human Rights Center.

Brooks County Sheriff Urbino "Benny" Martinez told 3NEWS that in Brooks County this year there have been 80 migrant remains discovered. Since 2009, he said his department has recovered 912 remains.

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