Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Hector Calderon-Rodriguez, a Oaxaca-native, awaits the registration process that is administered by Gilda Esquer, co-founder of the Albergue para Migrantes San Juan Bosco, a migrant center located blocks away from the Nogales, Sonora/Nogales, Arizona border checkpoint.  (Photo by Crystal Bedoya)

Mexican border centers give migrants resting place

Crystal Bedoya May 25, 2015

NOGALES, Sonora –  Within the Albergue para Migrantes San Juan Bosco, adorned by Virgin Mary shrines and migrant-rights posters, hides rows of bunk beds filled with migrants resting after their journeys...

Isidro Alvarado, a fiscal consultant, pumps gasoline at Ed’s Shell Gas Station at 232 W Crawford St. in Nogales, Ariz. rather than pumping at a Pemex gas station. (Photo by Crystal Bedoya)

Poor Mexican gas quality myth debunked

Crystal Bedoya May 6, 2015

Nogales, Sonora -- Victor Carrasco, a personal trainer from Nogales, Sonora, commutes to sister city Nogales, Arizona, to buy gasoline for his Chevrolet Silverado.“The gasoline in Mexico is not good...

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