An unidentified man, dubbed Sixty-Six Garage, has been on life support in a Coronado nursing home for 15 years.
An unidentified man, dubbed Sixty-Six Garage, has been on life support in a Coronado nursing home for 15 years.

An unlikely alliance of elected officials, border enforcement, the Mexican Consulate and others have banded together to find the true identity of 66 Garage, a John Doe who has been on life support for 15 years in a Coronado nursing home.

They were brought together by Enrique Morones, the founder of Border Angels, a migrant advocacy group. Morones asked a spectrum of  people and their agencies for help after an inewsource interview about Garage in May.

“We put this team together because we wanted to resolve this issue to find out who 66 Garage is,” Morones said.

Their efforts have led to another DNA test, with results expected any day.

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