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AJO, Ariz. — Ever since federal agents arrested a local activist for helping two illegal immigrants in this parched desert town near the Mexican border last year, residents are thinking twice about being good Samaritans. “I guess I’ll have to start asking for ID if I want to give anyone a glass of water,” said Jose Castillo, 80, who has lived his whole life in this former copper mining enclave, where temperatures top 110 degrees in summer. The retired mechanic belongs to Ajo Samaritans, a local Catholic aid organization that often leaves jugs of water in the desert for Central...

Humanitarian aid volunteer Scott Warren, 36, of Ajo, Arizona, was arrested by US Border Patrol agents on January 17, 2018 He was charged with harboring and conspiracy to transport illegal aliens Warren works with No More Deaths, a humanitarian aid group that offers potentially life-saving supplies to migrants crossing the border Since 2001, more than 3,000 migrants have died crossing the border with Mexico in areas where temperatures can reach as high as 125 degrees Federal prosecutors say Warren let Kristian Perez-Villanueva of El Salvador and Arnaldo Sacaria-Goday of Honduras stay at NMD's facility in January Warren's defense attorney said...