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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

(Photo Courtesy Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Department) Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada has served as the county's sheriff for over 25 years. He is currently the only Hispanic sheriff in Arizona.

Tony Estrada: an old, new sheriff for Arizona

Eddie Celaya December 5, 2018

Arizona is known for its tough-on-crime sheriffs. An image of a take-no-prisoners lawman is part of the state’s reputation.  Tony Estrada of Santa Cruz County, currently Arizona’s...

From left to right, Jorge Colombia, Carlos Cana and Mariel Fernandez visit with family members in Mexico through the border fence in Nogales, Arizona on Saturday, April 8, 2017. Fernandez said if a physical wall is built, he may have to resort to calling his family members rather than seeing them face to face. Photo by Amanda Oien / Arizona Sonora News

The ‘Ambos Nogales’ divided by Trump’s wall

Amanda Oien April 27, 2017

  Saturdays and Sundays bring families to the steel beams of fence, dividing Ambos Nogales, a Spanish term to describe the community of Nogales north and south of the border. Families and...

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