Haunted by migrant deaths, Border Patrol agents face mental health toll

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SANTA TERESA, N.M. – Hours before it happened, Border Patrol Agent José Gil knew someone was going to die.

A sensor on the border was tripped and Gil, responding to a potential illegal crossing, had come face to face with a smuggler through the steel border fence, as migrants scattered into the Mexican dunes to hide…

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