The AP reports on the 2,000, and climbing, illegal immigrants who have died in the Southwest since 2002, killed by road accidents, exposure and other mishaps trying to enter this country.

They typically carry no ID, just the clothes on their back and the dream of a life better than the one they left behind.

In April last year, 14 immigrants squeezed into SUV to make the trip from Phoenix to St. Louis. But shortly after entering Utah, the driver rolled the vehicle killing eight of the illegal immigrants.

One of them, known only as No. 8, is buried in Blanding City Cemetery. The grave has a view of mountain peaks in four states. Says cemetary official Philip Palmer:

This is the Garden of Eden of Utah down here. It's a good place to put him.