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Jul 17, 2005 - 02:01 PM :: admin :: 8920 Reads ::
 Mexico City: A group of stranded illegal immigrants facing death in the parched Arizona desert saved themselves by using a cellphone they found to call rescue services, the US border patrol said. The group got lost in the desert near Arivaca, south of Tucson, Arizona, on Wednesday after their guide abandoned them during a four-day trek across the border from Mexico. Lost and low on water, they used a cellphone they found in their guide's bag to dial 911. Rescuers dispatched helicopters and located the group in the desert shortly after sunset. "Their quick thinking in using the phone to call for help and lighting signal fires saved their lives," the Tucson sector of the US border patrol said in a news release on Thursday.
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