‘A backlog of bodies’: why this is the deadliest year for the US-Mexico border

Despite the fact that the border is barely open, more than 800 people have lost their lives

Along the US-Mexico border, overwhelmed mortuaries in Eagle Pass, Texas have been forced to stockpile a backlog of bodies" in a city-owned refrigerated truck.

The local government bought but never used the makeshift morgue amid the Covid-19 pandemic, when such desperate sights were not unheard of in various parts of the US, including Texas.