In Sonora, mothers comb through the desert to try to find the remains of their missing children, even as Mexican officials say the number of homicides across the country is in decline.
Residents fled the Mexican border town of Sasabe, Sonora, a couple years ago when cartel violence broke out in the street. They left behind their dogs, with few people or resources to care for them.
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In Mexico, September means chiles en nogada season. But one key ingredient, a candied barrel cactus called biznaga, is now illegal because it's vanishing in the wild.
Construction on a new segment of border wall began last week in the San Rafael Valley — which environmentalists call a biodiversity hotspot with the most significant wildlife corridor not yet walled off along the Arizona-Mexico border.
U.S. agriculture officials halted live cattle crossing the border in July due to concerns about the flesh-eating maggot which has been found in southern Mexico and is creeping north.
In May, Mexican officials will begin enforcing the requirement for tourists traveling to Rocky Point to carry the proper tourist permit — a rule that has long been in place but was rarely enforced.
