Altar, Mexico News

Thanks to a anonymous donation of $200,000, the Pima County Medical Examiner's Office is building a database to help identify illegal immigrants who died trying to cross the desert.

A stretch of newly paved road cuts through a mountain pass just outside Saric, Sonora.

I recently returned from a symbolic journey. In the materialistic, pragmatic context of most of our lives, we tend to disregard those things which transcend our daily existence.

Men linger around the main plaza in the small town of Altar, Mexico, where many of them will take the last step before illegally crossing into the United States by hiring a coyote to guide them through the ...

Sheriff Joe Arpaio, federal immigration agents and new state laws are all trying to curb illegal immigration, but a CBS 5 investigation discovered a place that tries to make it easier for people to cross the ... via KPHO-TV Phoenix

“We're planning to go to Kentucky, but we don't have a job lined up yet, but as soon as we get there we'll find one”

We first meet Jose tonight in Altar, Mexico, on his way to his new Kentucky home. via The Courier-Journal

“As an adult, being a clown gives one license to play.”

Local people, places, travels and simchas " Suz the Saguaro" in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. via JewishTucson

“We estimate anywhere from 60% to 75% of the refuge will be either directly or indirectly impacted”

In the photographs taken by motion-sensitive cameras set in a remote wilderness area near the Arizona-Mexico border in late 2004, the big cat crosses the frame, its powerful, dappled body and long curving tail ... via MediaGuardian.co.uk

CANGOLD LIMITED is pleased to announce that it has, through its Mexican subsidiary, signed an Option Agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Plomo property located within the Sonoran "Golden Triangle", a ... via Earth Times

“We all became great friends, we were like brothers, we would have given our lives for each other”

Mexican-born Henry Bazurto is still unable to restrain his tears when he remembers on Veterans' Day how one of his best friends died in his arms during a World War II combat mission. via Hispanic Business