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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Joan Moreno and his work partner bike back to El Sasabe, Sonora after working at Rancho de la Osa in Sasabe, Arizona on Sept. 14. Joan lives in Tucson, but stays in El sasabe when he works on the ranch. (Photo by Corinna Tellez/ Arizona Sonora News)

Traffic trickles through Sasabe port

Corinna Tellez November 6, 2018

“Did you go out to the port in Nogales?” “No.” “So, then Douglas?” “No, not there either. I went out to the Sasabe port of entry. The Sasabe port of entry is the least-trafficked...

Gallons of water are left in desert routes for crossing migrants in the Sonoran Desert by humanitarian groups. Photo by: Noemi Salazar Mata/ASNS

Border Patrol agents leave migrants without water in the Sonoran Desert

Noemi Salazar Mata April 18, 2018

  All the videos show the same scenario: A Border Patrol agent walks up to water jugs behind chollas and cacti, opens them up and dumps the water out. Is it inhumane to destroy water and...

U.S. Border Patrol searching cars for drugs and other illegal items.  Photo provided by U.S. Border Patrol Twitter Account

Drug trafficking in southeast Arizona declining but still national crisis

Garrett Green October 11, 2017

Drug trafficking across the U.S. and Mexico border continues to be an epidemic, not just for Southeast Arizona, but the nation as a whole. Cochise County is one of the primary points of entry. Since...

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