More profitable cartel business — human smuggling or illegal drugs? Border officials say it's a debate.For the Sun-News SUNLAND PARK - As increasing numbers of people attempt to migrate into the United States through the southern border, a shift is occurring in the business operations of Mexican cartels. The illicit drug trade — the most profitable… Jan 09 22January 09, 2022Article at Ruidoso News
Why the tower network atop the Franklin Mountains is causing 'massive concerns' across government agencies, law enforcement, elected leaders, the city and television stationsAlong a high ridge of the Franklin Mountains is a tower network that supports federal, state and local government communications – including national security and emergency broadcast messages – yet it has not been maintained for more than three years… Nov 28 21November 28, 2021Article at El Paso Inc.
Immigrants flow through Sunland ParkCopyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal SUNLAND PARK – It’s known as ground zero of New Mexico’s immigration surge. Sunland Park — a 13-square-mile patch of rugged mountains, unforgiving desert and an unpredictable Rio Grande — is mired in a growing… Nov 15 21November 15, 2021Article at Albuquerque Journal
Chimayó chile a symbol of the SouthwestAlong the rugged foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains is a crescent-shaped valley, carved with acequias, stone-lined roads and fertile fields that for millennia have been fed with storms and snowmelt from the highlands of northern New Mexico.… Sep 26 21September 26, 2021Article at Albuquerque Journal
Hot commodity: Hatch vaulted New Mexico chile to the national stageThe sound echoes like drums across the field, as green chile peppers – thick, ripe and heavy – are dropped into plastic buckets by field hands pulling them from hundreds of thousands of sturdy Hatch Valley chile plants. “This chile is not very hot. I… Sep 26 21September 26, 2021Article at Albuquerque Journal
Where are they now? Artist Gaspar EnriquezEditor’s note: In this occasional feature, El Paso Inc. catches up with people who have made a mark in business, nonprofits, government, the arts or sports in the borderland and answers the question: Where are they now? Within the lore of the… Sep 09 21September 09, 2021Article at El Paso Inc.
Unity watch parties spark excitementCopyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES – Nearly two decades in the making, the spaceship Unity and its crew on Sunday morning crested our planet’s atmosphere, pierced the realm of outer space and drifted back to Earth, leaving an… Jul 11 21July 11, 2021Article at Albuquerque Journal
Path for migrants: NM’s nonprofits, churches stepped upCopyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal As migration into the Southern border of the United States soared in 2018 and 2019 – records show that nearly 1.5 million people were detained by U.S. Border Patrol during those two years – the federal immigration… Jul 06 21July 06, 2021Article at Albuquerque Journal
Desperation, hope, reality collide as migrants push northCIUDAD JUÁREZ — In the spring of 1864, a massive flood from the Rio Grande in El Paso diverted the river’s route, bringing a swath of territory that belonged to Mexico into the boundary of the United States. The U.S. possession of this land — known… Jun 04 21June 04, 2021Article at Albuquerque Journal
Border Report: 'Threat of death is present' on migrant journey to the United StatesFor the Sun-News Sometimes they die quickly, plunging 30 feet from the top of the border wall. That’s how it was earlier this year when a U.S. Border Patrol agent in San Diego “heard something hit the ground” and turned to see a body at the foot of… Article at Las Cruces Sun-News
