Fronteras Desk

President-elect Joe Biden said he will stop wall construction but never said he would tear down the new border wall.

The murder rate is rising in Sonora, the Mexican state east of Baja, and with it the number of women and girls being killed in the state. Now, Sonoran women are joining a movement that's spread across Mexico and Latin America.

High-profile acts of violence in Sonora, Mexico, have been big news on both sides of the border in recent months. But murder has been on the rise in the state for a number of years, with most victims quickly vanishing from the headlines.

Guatemala's deep-rooted corruption is undermining the economy in a way that could spur more illegal migration to the U.S.

American-owned assembly line factories known as maquilas that line the Mexican side of the border with the U.S. have been bracing for change since the election of Donald Trump, but perhaps not in the way you might expect.

Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States has spent over $100 billion on border security technology — cameras, drones, aerostats airborne patrols, fencing and walls. But horses and the agents riding them are patrolling terrain that technology alone can't alone control.

If you died in the Grand Canyon during the 19th century, chances are you were buried where you fell. But in the early 1900s, pioneers found a clearing about a quarter mile from the south rim amidst the ponderosa pine. Park Cultural Program Manager Ellen Brennan said it’s one of the few places that doesn’t have kaibab limestone at the surface.

Businesses in the American and Mexican food and beverage industry are finding it difficult to swallow the new agreement for trading sugar between the two countries. But deal seems to be palatable for producers of alternative sweeteners.

In Fry Bread Nation, we explore Navajo food staples like mutton, blue corn mush and fry bread. Some are a source of strength while others carry hidden risks.

In Fry Bread Nation, we explore Navajo food staples like mutton, blue corn mush and fry bread. Some are a source of strength while others carry hidden risks.