There are many fires right now but there is a major one near where this man was murdered. The Horseshoe 2 Fire is about 45 miles South of where this man was murdered, between where he was murdered and the Mexican border. This man was murdered near Lordsburg, NM. The Horseshoe 2 is believed to have been started by smugglers and has consumed over 100,000 acres and is costing about one million dollars a day to fight. It is also the area where firefighters were given the warnings about encountering border issues/dangers while in the area fighting fires.
This area is a major smuggling corridor and some smugglers may have moved a little because of fires but it is always a major corridor. Rancher Rob Krentz was also killed in this same smuggling corridor- South of where this man was killed. In fact if you draw a line from the Mexican border to where Rob Krentz was murdered and then continue the line to the freeway you will intersect the freeway very close to where this man was murdered.