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Sonora's Highway 15 stretches from the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales to the border with the Mexican state of Sinaloa at Don Estación.

Promised inauguration of Sonoran highway called off

Three dates have been set and missed for completion of the highway that runs from Sinaloa to the Arizona border.
Atala Chávez is director of the Institute of Social and Cultural Research and Practice (IIPSOCULTA), a nonprofit agency in Mexico City helping deported migrants.

Deportee flight cancellation to Mexico brings new challenges to migrants

Migrants being obliged to use border crossings is making them more vulnerable, a nonprofit agency says.
Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard speaks at a press conference in this photo published March 28, 2019.

Mexico offers legal aid to migrants arrested in Mississippi raids

Mexican citizens who are deported will receive help in obtaining work, health care and schooling, the country's foreign relations secretary said.
Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard speaks at a press conference in this photo published March 28, 2019.

Mexico prepares legal, diplomatic actions after El Paso shooting

At least six Mexican citizens were killed in the shooting over the weekend.
Dozens of supporters at a hearing presenting a marriage equality reform measure in Hermosillo, Sonora. The sign in the center reads, "Love is love."

Sonoran marriage equality measure begins legislative journey

The reform measure would change Sonora's family code to allow same-sex couples to marry.
Jaime Bonilla (center) during his campaign, running for governor of Baja California state, Mexico.

Term extended for Mexican elected governor with US ties

A researcher says the rules change signals Mexican political institutions are being tested.
Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples at Station no. 1 during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site. This picture, looking eastward, was taken by Astronaut John W. Young, commander. Duke is standing at the rim of Plum crater, which is 40 meters in diameter and 10 meters deep. The parked Lunar Roving Vehicle can be seen in the left background.

Geoff Notkin on the past - and future - of space exploration.

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Mexican rock stars sing out about immigration; and a party to celebrate the "The Queen of the Night" at Tohono Chul.
Workers sort through tomatoes at a packing plant in southern Sonora, Mexico.

Florida 'appreciates' new tomato proposal; Nogales growers concerned

A produce distributor based in Nogales says proposed changes are "logistically impossible."
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, May 2018.

Secretary of State Pompeo plans travel to Latin America

Pompeo is expected to talk about issues like free trade and immigration with counterparts in Mexico and other countries.
The Port of Guaymas, Mexico.

Sulfuric acid leak in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez a ‘wake-up call’

A researcher says the impact was minimal, but that it shows the need to consider the potential for a spill on a much larger scale.
A yucca stalk leans toward the sun and the border fence between Arizona and Mexico.

Border numbers drop as temperatures rise and Mexico cracks down

The decline in border apprehension numbers comes amid renewed outcry over squalid conditions at facilities holding migrant children
Border patrol searches through tomatoes at port of entry.

Mexican president responds to US steel, tomato tariffs

The U.S. Department of Commerce recently announced tariffs on steel products after finding exporters benefit from state subsidies, a claim rejected by an industry group.
Rev. Robin Hoover speaks to migrants at a soup kitchen in Hermosillo, Sonora, on July 8, 2019.

Arizona-based organization brings migrant guide project to Sonora

The guide is aimed at increasing the security and safety of migrants traveling through Mexico and to the U.S.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at the inauguration ceremony for the National Guard.

Mexican Federal Police officers upset with new National Guard

Thousands of agents from are taking over their own headquarters while suing the government.
The international line between Mexico and the U.S. ends at the Pacific Ocean, with Tijuana on the left.

Some US asylum seekers find work in northern Mexico

A Mexican official says hundreds have found work and factories have offered thousands of jobs.
Sonora's Highway 15 stretches from the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales to the border with the Mexican state of Sinaloa at Don Estación.

Arizona business welcomes possible completion of Sonoran highway

Mexico's president has announced a date for the highway's completion three times.

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