El Salvador

Five Things to Eat and Drink This Weekend in Metro Phoenix

Looking for something to put in your mouth this weekend? We've got you covered. Check out what's on our plate. See also: Memorial Day Weekend Canal Brews Cruise Chances are you don't have to go to work on Monday, which is always cause to celebrate -- and by celebrate we mean drink, heavily. On S ... More >>

Salvadoreno v. Guanaquito: Clash of the Pupusas

Southwesterners often pride themselves on their knowledge of Latin American food, mostly focusing on the all-encompassing "Mexican" description. Well, it is time to broaden our horizons, people! Move on down toward El Salvador and discover possibly the most delectable and perfect combination of the ... More >>

David Horowitz Has Made Taunting College Students a Spectator Sport

10 Best Things I Ate in October

Sharing my favorite eats of the month from new restaurants, reviewed restaurants, and places I've popped into just because. It's not a countdown, it's a collection. And I hope it inspires. Enjoy. Pork Stomach and Black Pepper Clay Pot at New Hong Kong "I can't believe I'm on my second bowl," rema ... More >>

Russell Pearce Thrown Under the Bus by SB 1070 Attorney John Bouma: The Transcript

See also: SB 1070 Slugfest: Will Judge Susan Bolton Block 1070's "Papers Please" Section? See also: SB 1070 Oral Arguments on "Papers Please" Section Scheduled for August 21See also: ACLU Seeks New Injunction on "Papers Please" Portion of SB 1070See also: SB 1070, SCOTUS, Friendly House, and a Ray o ... More >>

Joe Arpaio and MCSO Did Not Arrest a 6-Year-Old

Despite what you may have heard -- and how Joe Arpaio-ish it sounds -- Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies did not arrest a 6-year-old on Friday.MCSO spokesman Chris Hegstrom tells New Times deputies arrested 16 people during a human-smuggling operation, but the 6-year-old found in the van wasn't one ... More >>

Bad Mormon: Mitt Romney's Anti-Immigrant Stance Doesn't Jibe with LDS Teachings

Sunday Night's Goat Tour at The Accidental Yard, Revisited

Heather Gill Photography​Sunday night's Stephanie Izard (and Guests) Goat Tour dinner was a convergence of new and cool projects all gathered together under white lights strung above the grass carpeted courtyard of Joe Garcia's soon-to-be-built-out The Accidental Yard in Old Town Scottsdale. ... More >>

How Many Immigrants Can You Fit into Two Tractor Trailers? At Least 513

Chiapas Attorney General's Office X-ray images show immigrants crammed into the back of a truck heading to the U.S.​Immigrants will do just about whatever it takes to obtain a better life in the United States -- which apparently includes being crammed into two tractor-trailers with more tha ... More >>

Tlacoyos from Huauchinango Mexican Grill

Flickr- arnold inuyaki Tlacoyos can be filled and topped with just about anything, like these saucy numbers.​Tacos may very well be the perfect food, but let's face it, the standard Meximerican fare can get a bit stale after a while. Taco the Town is here to highlight some of the more unusu ... More >>

Eating the World: Salvadoreno's

The best ethnic food is often the most difficult to find. So each week we'll spin the globe and search for a new other-worldly spot to expand our eating horizons around the Valley. This week we go to El Salvador & Central America at Salvadoreno's (Restaurant #3). Carrie Wheeler Pupusas ... More >>

Two Charged After 53 Illegal Immigrants Found in Phoenix Drop House

ICEICE agents found 50 illegal immigrants in a west Phoenix drop house on Friday.​Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents found 53 people in a Phoenix drop house on Friday, and two Mexican nationals now face human smuggling charges.  Edgar Meza-Bustamante, 23, and Cruz Gerardo Meza-Tira ... More >>

Cops Find 11 Kids in Phoenix Drop House. Three Alleged "Coyotes" Arrested

​Phoenix police have arrested three people -- and rescued 11 children -- after raiding a drop house last night.Cops were tipped off about the house by a woman from El Salvador who reported to the FBI that her three daughters had been kidnapped and were being held in Phoenix.Turns out, the woman pa ... More >>

Two Charged in Phoenix Drop House Case

Jaime Cruz-Gutierrez and Olga Marinos Fuentes​The Phoenix Police Department has identified two individuals arrested after cops busted up a Phoenix drop house where authorities found nine children being held captive.Jaime Cruz-Gutierrez, 44, and Olga Marinos Fuentes, 41, were seen leaving the house ... More >>

Family Removes "Offensive" Paul Babeu Billboard

Paul Babeu got his wish -- this billboard has been removed.​A billboard displaying a Hispanic family with an out-of-context quote from Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu has been removed.Within days of the billboard being put up, Babeu started campaigning to have it removed, even calling the consulat ... More >>

Kidnapped Salvadoran Kids Rescued by ICE Agents in Phoenix

  ​Three kids from El Salvador, held for ransom after their parents paid to have them smuggled into the United States, were released in Phoenix after ICE agents began working the case. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau got wind of the kidnapping on M ... More >>

Hot Links: Loop 202, Andre Leteve, and Sedona Cliff Diving

​Three teenage boys are suspects in a string of Mesa fires. Fire crews responded to six fires within an hour on Sunday, including one inside a vacant home. The teens, two aged 13 and one age 17, were questioned for several hours and booked into the Southeast Juvenile Facility in Mesa on suspicion ... More >>

Blood's Thicker Than Water: As Thousands Die in the Arizona Desert as a Result of U.S. Border Policy, an Army of Activists Intervenes

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, January 14, 2010

Twisted: Murder Suspect, a Self-Described MS-13 Member, is Awfully Handy With a Knife

Image: Maricopa County Sheriff's Office​ On the mean streets of El Salvador back in the '90s, a young girl learned how to turn a knife in a victim in order to avoid being covered in a torrent of blood. Now 27, the self-described MS-13 gang member stands accused of putting that skill to use. M ... More >>

On the Mexican-Salvadoran Rivalry, and Hiding Away Artistic Talents

Caffiend: El Salvador at Village Coffee Roastery

E. GrovesThe El Salvador​"What's your specialty drink?" and "What's the most caffeinated coffee you carry?" are pretty common questions at a coffee shop. Usually, baristas will give a specific answer: at Cartel Coffee Lab in Tempe, they recommended the iced toddy. At Gold Bar Espresso in Tempe, we ... More >>

Road to Perdition

Or Canada – whichever comes first

Caffiend: Cartel Coffee Lab's Iced Toddy

Cartel Coffee Lab sits in a cozy little cove behind East Side Records in Tempe, and the ambiance of the place is half the fun. Comfy couches, second-hand art tables, and black and white drawings adorn the walls, along with a plethora of handmade signs that say things like "Hang up your cell phone wh ... More >>

Names of Arizona Rollover Victims Released; 17 People Killed in Two Accidents

The Department of Public Safety released the names of victims in two major roll-over accidents from earlier this month on southern Arizona highways. It's a list that punctuates just how huge these two tragedies were: June 6, on State Route 82 Injured: Isaias De La Cruz-Gonzalez, 21 of Guatamala; ... More >>

Eliana’s, Guanaquito, and Restaurante Salvadoreño Fill You Up with Pupusas

Anything But Crummy

Alt-country darling will make you forget you hate country

Live from D.C.: The House/Arpaio 287(g) Hearings, Starting About 7 a.m. Phoenix Time

Stepping off the plane in Washington D.C. this afternoon was like my first trip to New York many moons ago. The cab driver is Russian. The hotel front desk guy is from someplace in Africa. The room service waiter is from El Salvador. In other words, D.C. shows us to be a nation of immigrants. The na ... More >>

The Bird Interviews Arizona’s Only Mexican-Born Governor About His Memoir and Connection to Kemper Marley, the Man Behind Don Bolles’ Assassination

"The Ballad of Joe Arpaio" Hits the Blogosphere

A buddy just sent us a link to this cool little story in the New York Times.  Seems that a factory worker from Long Island named Saul Linares recently penned a little corrido -- those wonderful Latino folk ditties about love, murder, and about everything between. Th ... More >>

Phoenix Phoodies: Jeff at Lux on a Mission

By Sloane Burwell Jeff Fischer isn’t your ordinary barista. After 20 years in the hospitality industry, he and his wife took ownership of Lux Coffee Bar, so that his wife could pursue her life’s dream of owning a coffee shop. Under his watchful eye and warm smile, Lux has emerged as more than a ... More >>

Salvador Deli

Get your National Pupusa Day grub on

Budget Beat: Eliana's Authentic Salvadoran Cuisine

Tramp the earth down: The unlikely debt I owe the late Senator Jesse Helms.

Exiles on Main Street

Huddled masses find a home in author’s extraordinary America

The Sheriff's Office's CYA report to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on the Honduran project.

Why E.J. Montini is a blithering idiot, and Phoenix is not a sanctuary city.

Latin Lover

Collector finds high culture in low places

Femmy Nazis

The Taloned One ogles white pride wenches, welcomes an infamous mining titan to town, and takes another swipe at illegal-immigrant-bashing car king Rusty Childress

This Week's Day-by-day Picks

Urban Legends

Continents get cozy

Letters

Letters from the week of September 23, 2004

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Fruit Fetish

Mango madness on the run

Salvador Deli

A trip to Mex-Sal North is an adventure in dining for those who seek the cuisine of El Salvador

Grave Undertaking

Horrors of El Salvador massacre are exhumed in award-winning local documentary

Harmony Grit

Seasoned musician Walt Richardson shares his tasty licks with the neighborhood.

Viva Sandinista!

Is the Clash still the only band that matters?

ALIVE and Kickin'

Refugees from around the world find common ground--and a few good rumbles--in a Valley soccer league of nations

A THREAT TO THE RULE OF LAW: PEACE