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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...

La Roca El Balcon

La Roca el Balcon Restaurant & Bar, just across the border in Nogales, Sonora, has been an Ambos Nogales landmark since it opened in 1972. The building is built over the side of a rock hill, which adds to its amazing ambiance. Vibrant contrasts in light...

Life in a Nogales, Mexico Landfill

They came from Nogales and other parts of Mexico to live in this ramshackle collection of structures located next to a public landfill in Nogales, Sonora. This group of people, many of them migrants who were unable to cross the border and ended up trapped in Nogales,...
Art Imitates Desert Life

Art Imitates Desert Life

Now you don’t have to drive into the desert to see cactus and hummingbirds, you can purchase your own metal replicas at a Nogales, Mexico curio shop. These were on display at a curio shop in the “Triangulo” curios area, on Call Campillo across the...

Nogales Museo de Arte

  The Nogales, Sonora Museum of Art (Museo de Arte) is a two-block walk south from the DeConcini border crossing. Located at Adolfo López Mateos 120, the museum is directly across the street from the rustic Paroquia La Purisima Concepción church (see the museum...
Paroquia La Purisima Concepción

Paroquia La Purisima Concepción

This rustic church located two blocks south of the border in Nogales, Sonora, across the street from the Nogales Art Museum, is the Paroquia La Purisima Concepción. The exterior of the church is made of locally quarried tufa stone, similar to other historic buildings...