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Andrés Caballero’s “Borderland Masks” highlights the deep connection between lucha libre fans and their roots along the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by Andrés Caballero 2024)

UA grad student brings lucha libre fans’ stories to life in upcoming exhibition

Zoe Montaño, Reporter October 16, 2024

The wrestling may be staged, but the community created by lucha libre is anything but scripted. Lucha libre, or “free fight,” is often known as professional Mexican wrestling, with roots tracing...

Border patrol agent tells student photographer to stop taking photos of port of entry (Photo by Alicia Vega/Arizona Sonora News Service)

Border agents crack down on First Amendment rights

Alicia Vega October 29, 2015

Border patrol officers and agents regularly harass, intimidate and threaten citizens and journalists alike who take photos from public rights of way at border patrol entries and do the same when they...

The sun sets over the International Border in Nogales, Ariz.  An average of 40,000 people cross the border into Nogales, Ariz. everyday, and in Arizona people from Mexico spend approximately $7.3 million each day statewide, according to the Arizona-Mexico Commission.

Photo Essay: Ambos Nogales

Ryan Revock March 18, 2014

Both cities of Nogales, "Ambos Nogales," rest side by side along the border between the United States and Mexico, and each day thousands of people cross the border and commerce is conducted across the...

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