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Earlier this month, the United States began sending Venezuelan asylum seekers back to Mexico, instead of releasing them into the country. They’ve ended up all over, including the Sonoran capital Hermosillo, a city few had every heard of before.
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Oct. 28, 2022
Seven years after Mexico’s Supreme Court said laws banning same-sex marriage were unconstitutional, couples can now legally marry in every state in the country.
Oct. 27, 2022
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is set to arrive in Sonora on Friday. Ahead of his visit, Sonoran officials have been touting progress toward renewable energy — including a promised lithium battery plant.
Oct. 27, 2022
From sea turtles to desert tortoises, pelicans to opossums, a wildlife rescue in the Sonoran beach town of San Carlos cares for and protects both desert and marine animals in this part of the Gulf of California. And in the process, it’s changing people’s attitudes toward the wildlife around them.
Oct. 27, 2022
Mexico has announced that the so-called “Remain in Mexico” program is coming to an end. The immigration policy implemented under the Trump administration allowed the U.S. to send tens of thousands of asylum seekers back to Mexico to await U.S. court proceedings.
Oct. 26, 2022
Mexico’s Senate approved a measure early Wednesday eliminating daylight saving time in most of the country.
Oct. 26, 2022
Mexico's legislature approved the controversial measure in early September, a move seen by critics as part of a broader trend toward militarization.
Oct. 25, 2022
Reporters Without Borders Mexico representative says that there is 100% impunity for the couple dozen missing journalist cases in Mexico.
Oct. 25, 2022
In Sonora, a state with a conservative reputation, a vibrant and growing LGBTQ movement has won several legislative victories, and has its eyes set on a number more.
Oct. 25, 2022
Sonoran authorities that the intended target may have been another person who also had a wedding planned that day in a different city.
Oct. 24, 2022
The Nogales-based Fresh Produce Association of the Americas said that an investigation could have triggered retaliatory trade measures from Mexico and other countries.
Oct. 24, 2022
After requests from area parents, patrols will also be more pronounced around the times that children are being picked up and dropped off at school.
Oct. 24, 2022
One Venezuelan man told KJZZ News that he had been given just seven days by Mexican immigration authorities to leave the country at its southern border by his own means after being dropped off in Hermosillo.
Oct. 21, 2022
Sonora’s governor recently visited a pilot lithium processing facility in the Sonoran capital Hermosillo. The pilot processing plant is controlled by the Chinese lithium giant Ganfeng.
Oct. 18, 2022
So far this year there have also been nine confirmed deaths from the mosquito-borne illness.
Oct. 18, 2022
High winds complicated the show somewhat, but the balloons were able to eventually get off the ground.
Oct. 17, 2022
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said U.S. climate envoy John Kerry will be visiting Sonora later this month, either in the capital Hermosillo or in Rocky Point, where one of the largest solar energy installations in the world is under construction.
Oct. 17, 2022
One human rights researcher noted that the military has already been used for public safety for years, and during that time violence has increased and the effectiveness of law enforcement has decreased.
Oct. 17, 2022
One of those killed in the border city of San Luis Rio Colorado was a former cop that intelligence reports tied to alleged criminal activities.
Oct. 14, 2022
A two-day festival in northern Sonora this weekend will be the first in the state to celebrate the sky islands region of Arizona and Sonora.
Oct. 12, 2022