Overview
- Search crews recovered three bodies from the Nogales Wash and a separate team found a fourth person in the Santa Cruz River, with authorities confirming these recoveries on July 20.
- More than 30 binational volunteers from fire and rescue agencies joined dayslong operations that were paused during heavy rain and resumed the next day to continue searching the washes.
- Santa Cruz County officials say the dead likely originated on the Mexican side of the border and were carried into U.S. drainage channels that link Nogales, Sonora and Nogales, Arizona.
- U.S. authorities are coordinating with the Mexican consulate to identify the Nogales victims, and local officials note no formal missing‑person reports have been filed so far.
- The National Weather Service kept flash‑flood watches in effect for parts of southeastern Arizona because additional runoff could keep rivers, creeks and low‑lying areas dangerous.