Subject: Nogales

• Peaceful rally for Virginia Gutierrez disrupted by bigoted rednecks.

  September 6, 2007

• Welcome to Phoenix, the ethnic cleansing begins at noon.

  November 20, 2007

• MINGUS AMONG US

  BORN IN NAGALES, BASSIST CHARLES MINGUS SPENT HIS LIFE EXTENDING THE FRONTIERS OF JAZZ. NOW HIS HOMETOWN IS THROWING HIM A 71ST BIRTHDAY PARTY.

  April 21, 1993

• Hot Links: Obama Out-Debates McCain, Arpaio's Goons Target Mesa Library, Stone's W. Shows Bush as Party Boy.

  October 16, 2008

• Rx Mex

  Hazy regulations allow Americanos to write their own tickets in Mexican pharmacies

  April 4, 1996

• Drugstore Caballero

  Recreational prescription drugs put Mexican farmacias on the map--and American pill seekers on the road

  April 4, 1996

• The Mexican Connection

  How Governor Symington misused state resources to further the cross-border business interests of his friends and family.

  December 26, 1996

• Symington Family Partner Under Suspicion

  U.S. authorities suspect a Mexican vegetable grower with business ties to the Symingtons is involved in drug trafficking

  March 20, 1997

• Inspectors Can Do Little to Stem Tide of Smuggling

  March 20, 1997

• Bordering on Exploitation

  A couple hours from Phoenix, tens of thousands of Mexicans work on maquiladora assembly lines for $1 an hour, making the toys and tools of American convenience. Critics say the maquila system lets U.S. corporations maximize profits on the backs of Third W

  July 9, 1998

• What a Wasteland

  July 9, 1998

• Home to Las Playitas

  A maquila worker's 600-kilometer trek to the farming village where she was born

  July 9, 1998

• Hector the Hustler

  July 9, 1998

• Maquila Wages, Sans Slums

  July 9, 1998

• Hot Links: Sarah Palin to Donate Freebies, Wildcats' Olson Retires, No Regrets for Vanessa Hudgens over Nudes.

  October 24, 2008

• Border Censors

  Scott Stanley wants to publish photos of illegal immigrants who died in the desert; Pima County said no, then sued him

  May 13, 1999

• Dulce Treat

  December 23, 1999

• Best Mexican Bakery

  La Purísima Pasteleria
  4425 West Glendale Avenue, Suite 8, Glendale
  623-842-1400

  September 21, 2000

• Best Selection of Mexican Imports

  Mercado Mexico
  8212 South Avenida del Yaqui, Guadalupe
  480-831-5925

  September 21, 2000

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  August 14, 2003

• Shopping

  November 6, 2008

• Hot Links: Large Crowds Expected for Saturday Light Rail Opening; Boy Dies After Insane Bat Attack, 2nd Boy Critical; Get Out Magazine Gets Lost

  If you haven't been hiding under a barrel cactus for the last couple of months, you know that tomorrow is the big day for the light rail system. Crowds of up to 200,000 are expected to hail the opening, though some Valley residents remain concerned about the program's cost and safety. One of the two boys beaten at a Phoenix park dies, while the other isn't expected to live. After a dozen years of publication, the East Valley Tribune's Get Out magazine fades away as the rest of the newspaper pre

  December 26, 2008

• Traffic Stop Nets Nearly 200 Pounds of Pot Found Wrapped Like Christmas Presents

  A couple driving north toward Tucson the day after Christmas was caught with nearly 200 pounds of marijuana disguised like holiday presents. The Nogales, Arizona, couple were stopped on Interstate 19 for a traffic violation, according to an Arizona Department of Public Safety news release: Inside of their vehicle, concealed neatly in wrapping paper, were not toys but bundles of marijuana totaling 185 pounds. The release also contained a quote from DPS Director Roger Vanderpool:

  January 5, 2009

• Hot Links: Alleged Hazing at ASU, Free Drinks on US Airways, and Phoenix Gets Stimulated

  Officials at Arizona's three public universities warn students to avoid Mexico during spring break, citing high crime rates in border towns like Nogales and Juarez. An ATF spokesman says that most violence doesn't take place at Mexico's popular tourist spots, which, not surprisingly, don't include Nogales and Juarez....The men's lacrosse team at ASU may have some extra time on their hands this spring break, as the university has ended the team's season and placed them on two-year probation for a

  February 23, 2009

• Hot Links: Party Crews, Identity Thieves, and Official Flatulence

  Here's some news: teenagers party. But Phoenix police say the parties are getting out of hand, with partygoers forming "crews" and taking over abandoned buildings or setting up in the desert. Police say such bashes can lead to vandalism, assaults, and (surprise!) underage drinking...A thoroughbred horse found wandering free in Mesa is recovering from extensive injuries at a foster home. The animal had been severely beaten, and the sheriff's office says it's investigating, while Equin Voices Resc

  March 10, 2009

• Phoenix Phoodies: Nogales Hot Dogs From Pablo Perez

  Sloane Burwell Pablo Perez makes the kind of hot dogs people dream about. For the last seven years, he's been introducing Phoenicians to the magic of the Sonoran Style Hot Dog, served out of a cheerful hot dog stand called Nogales Hot Dog #2. You'll find Perez and his assistant seven nights a week from 6 PM to midnight, in the parking lot of Guitar and Keyboard City near 20th Street and Indian School in Central Phoenix. His south of the border spin on a hot dog wraps the meat in bacon, adds a

  March 27, 2009

• Organ-icky

  Tea for none

  July 6, 2006

• Go International -- Without Leaving Town

  We get around

  June 1, 2006

• Cinco de Steve-O

  A fiesta in your mouth

  May 4, 2006

• The New Boss

  Police have shut down most of the meth labs in Phoenix, but now the drug is a big import from Mexico -- cheap, pure and more plentiful than ever

  November 3, 2005

• Postcards From the Edge

  Hi, Mom! I'm crossing the border!

  October 20, 2005

• Do or Die

  For most Mexicans who're flooding our borders, it's a life-or-death choice

  December 23, 2004

• Pressure Point

  WHILE THE BORDER PATROL IS ATTACKING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS, THE AGENCY IS LITERALLY RETREATING IN ARIZONA. THE RESULTS ARE COSTLY AND DANGEROUS.

  March 16, 1994

• Naive Gringo Pill Popped Below Border

  July 22, 2004

• Writers on the Storm

  Book fair proves the pen is still mightier

  April 3, 2003

• The Lesser of Three Evils

  Mexico and U.S. authorities finally captured Arizona's leading drug kingpin. Good work, guys. Now let him go.

  February 14, 2002

• The Musica Man

  A valley junior college administrator is becoming an unlikely force in the national latin music movement

  September 20, 2001

• Smashin' Show

  "Beatrice and Bob's Piñata Factory" exhibit is a bang-up job

  May 31, 2001

• Deportee's Over

  INS gives Valley mom the boot after criminal past comes to light

  November 30, 2000

• Letters 04-13-2000

  April 13, 2000

• Phoenix or Busted

  The Valley is now the prime way station for ruthless smugglers engaged in the lucrative trafficking of human cargo -- illegal immigrants

  April 6, 2000

• Habla Di, Habla Da, Strife Goes On

  Federal ruling in bilingual-education lawsuit goes unheeded by state officials

  March 23, 2000

• Chance of a Ghost

  July 22, 1999

• MOUTH OF THE BORDER

  February 2, 1995

• SECOND HELPINGS

  February 2, 1995

• Swine Flu Arizona: Policy of Closing Maricopa County Schools is Lifted, But 10 Schools Closed in Nogales

  The most pressing question about the H1N1 "swine flu" virus now seems to be: Will the thing return this fall and kill millions?Locally, the panic has ratcheted way down, with the Maricopa County Department of Public Health declaring on Saturday that new cases of swine flu would not result in school closures. The scare continued in other places, though.In Nogales, ten schools will be closed for a week beginning today after a child caught the disease -- even though the kid ended up fine.

  May 4, 2009

• Hot Links: Border Tunnels, Wind Turbines, and Dr. Burger

  U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 53 illegal immigrants on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation Friday, while a separate incident lead to the discovery of a smuggling tunnel, fifty feet north of the border in Nogales. The tunnel is the 11th tunnel near the border to be discovered since October 2008...30 wind turbines have been constructed between Holbrook and Heber. The turbines are Arizona's first, and will begin providing energy to Salt River Project customers later this year...Former Peoria

  May 12, 2009

• Hot Links: Wittmann Standoff, Newsweek, and Drug Tunnels

  Following President Obama's decision in April to lift travel restrictions for Cuban-Americans, many Valley residents who have family in Cuba are taking trips to the country. Phoenix has a small but burgeoning Cuban-American community. Most other Americans are still barred from visiting Cuba or purchasing Cuban goods...A man in Wittmann is in custody after an armed standoff with police. An MCSO SWAT team arrived on the scene after receiving reports of shots fired, and negotiated with the man for

  June 11, 2009

• DPS Stops Refrigerated Truck With Produce and 97 Illegal Immigrants Chilling in 34 Degrees

  Image: Wikimedia Commons​ When we read the headline to the latest news release from the Department of Public Safety, "Officer makes a traffic stop and discovers 97 undocumented aliens inside of a refrigerated commercial trailer," our first thought was -- good thing it was refrigerated, cause it's dang hot out. Reading further though, it turns out the DPS meant really refrigerated. As in, a teeth-chattering 34 degrees. The smuggling load caught near Nogales contained a number of children a

  July 30, 2009

• A Month of Crazy Hot Dogs at Joe's Farm Grill

  For most people I know, hot dogs are usually an occasional indulgence -- maybe a dog with the works and a huge beer at a baseball game, a Nogales dog when the mood strikes, or hot dogs on the grill on a lazy Sunday by the pool. But Joe's Farm Grill has come up with 14 good reasons to eat hot dogs pretty much every day in September. There's something for just about any craving -- as long as your craving includes a beef hot dog in there somewhere: Hawaiian, Swedish, Asian, British, Cobb, Trailer

  August 26, 2009