The site here is the location of where Reyno Bartolo's body was found. He was one of twenty-six men attempting to cross the border from Mexico that were the subject of The Devil's Highway by Urrea.
Migrant deaths along the Mexico–U.S. border occur hundreds of times a year because of those attempting to cross into the United States from Mexico illegally. The number of deaths has steadily increased since the mid-1990s with exposure (including heat stroke, dehydration, and hyperthermia) being the leading cause.[2]