Shielded by a cap under the 90-degree weather, Joel Smith crouched near a water barrel in a remote desert area near Arivaca Road on Monday.
He twisted the lid off with ease, allowing an overflow of water to briefly trickle out.
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A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle drives through a dirt road near the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday.
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Joel Smith said he collects documents he finds in the desert and sends them to the corresponding consulates in an effort to provide information for families looking for a missing migrants.
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A cross marks the death of a migrant, whose body was found in a remote desert area in the western edge of Santa Cruz County.
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