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The Border Wall at Nogales – La Barda de la Frontera de Nogales

Opinions about this 18-foot-high barrier of rusting metal range from those who do not think it exist to those (like Donald Trump) who think it should be buttressed to become even more of a barrier. Like it or not, this wall is a defining image of the separation...

A Blazing January Nogales Sunset

For a short time on an early January evening the skies over Ambos Nogales were illuminated by the reflections of light from the setting sun. The light show began as a pale yellow and orange halo over Nogales, Mexico and crescendoed into a blazing orange sky before...

Crossing Ardani

Ardani Rosales is a Guatemalan national who was severely beaten and had his life threatened by the Guatemalan gang La Mara Salvatrucha, for ministering to youths and convincing them not to join deadly Guatemalan gangs. After nearly dying from the beating he received,...
Remembering the Old Wall

Remembering the Old Wall

The current border wall that separates Nogales, Arizona from Nogales, Sonora was erected in 2011. Prior to that, the wall that divided the cities was made from surplus Army helicopter landing pads, left over from Operation Desert Storm. The old wall was not known for...
Urban Roadrunner

Urban Roadrunner

This desert roadrunner decided to spend some time in the city of Nogales recently. I was walking and noticed him in a field, and went over to take some pictures. After he became accustomed to my being there, he let me come close to him, and I had never been that close...