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Remembering Jose Antonio

On the night of October 10, 2012, 16-year-old Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez was walking home on Calle Internacional in Nogales, Sonora. It would be his last walk, as a Border Patrol officer shooting his pistol from a protected area behind the border wall gunned Jose...

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,...
Return of the Fariseos

Return of the Fariseos

An annual Lenten season tradition in Nogales and other places in Sonora is the appearance of these traditional Yaqui and Mayo dancers from San Blas and Choix, Sinaloa. Known as Fariseos (Pharisees), or Chapayekas, these religious pilgrims walk and dance to the beat of...
Carnaval – Springtime School Parade

Carnaval – Springtime School Parade

The students and faculty of the Mexicayotl Academy, an A+ rated Montessori school in Nogales, Arizona, have a parade to celebrate Carnaval.  The activity was part of their studies in learning about springtime traditions....