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Photo story: Detained Children
Every month, thousands of undocumented teenagers are caught trying to cross into the United States. The teens travel by plane, bus and sometimes foot, thousands of miles - often on their own - to try to reach the United States.After they are caught, many...
David's story one of many involving Mexican teens crossing border
ZAMAJAPA, Mexico - When David Tetzoyolt Juarez was caught trying to cross illegally into Arizona from Mexico, he had no money, no ability to speak the language and no idea that his planned destination - Mississippi - was actually a state more than 1,000...
Family hoping for miracle as Tucson man faces deportation
TUCSON, Ariz. - Victor Napoles, a 21-year-old Mexican national who grew up in Tucson, is facing deportation after losing a case that began with him barking at another man's dog.intersection.Napoles said he had no idea that a simple bark could land him...
Family searches for brother who vanished crossing border
MESA, Ariz. - After spending three weeks trying to cross the border from Mexico into Arizona, 31-year-old Porfirio Montufar had finally made it.It was a trip that Porfirio, a Mexican national, had made several times before. For the past 13 years, Porfirio...
Death in the desert forces family to start again in Mexico
DURANGO, Mexico - Hector Valdez walks daughters Sandra and Nancy to school, holding their backpacks until he kisses them goodbye and watches them march away wearing their uniforms and smiles."The hardest time of the day is when they leave for school,"...
Divided family serves church south of border
SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO, Mexico - On a Sunday morning at Templo Mikedash, it's hard to miss the Zavala family.Efrain, 22, sings and plays his guitar as part of the Methodist church's band. His brother Damian, 21, leads the congregation in prayers. Another...
American at heart: Family struggles to start over in Mexico
IXTAPAN DE LA SAL, Mexico - Hector and Marcos are about as American as two young men can be.They wear jeans and T-shirts. They are rarely without their cell phones. They like American music and American movies.But after spending most of their lives...
Left behind: A teenager tries to hold on to life in America
RIMROCK, Ariz. - Humberto was getting ready to go to school one morning when he heard the police bang on the front door."It's them," his brother said, looking through the living room window at Immigration and Customs Enforcement minivans.The officers...
'Onion King' battles U.S. officials over residency application
SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO, Mexico - He's called the "Onion King."Jesús Bustamante owns the company that farms 4,000 acres of dates, pomegranates, radishes and green onions here, just across the border from Yuma.Bustamante grew up here in a poor family,...
Worth billions, remittances to Mexico are big business
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was reported from Tempe, Ariz., and Veracruz and Jalisco, Mexico. As he has done most every week for eight years, Pedro Cordova Martinez steps into El Paisano Mercado, a convenience store near his home in Tempe, Ariz., and makes...
Some immigrants leaving Arizona in face of employer sanctions law
AVONDALE, Ariz. - In the corner of a living room in a small house that he rents in this Phoenix suburb, Juan Carlos has piled six black garbage bags stuffed with clothes and housewares along with an old vacuum cleaner.Juan Carlos, 50, said he will donate...
Experts: Immigration overhaul could remove edge for families
For years, immigration law in the United States has given an edge to families.Those who can show that they have family members in this country make up the biggest percentage of those who are given permanent-resident status.But if immigration laws ever...
YumaSun.com hosts special border series 'Divided Families'
A young mother whose son is already beginning to forget his father. Two men who have searched for their missing brother for years. Border Patrol agents who toil miles from their families.These are the some of the people whose lives and whose families...
Desolation, isolation make border patrol jobs more difficult
PAPAGO FARMS, Ariz. - Just over the western horizon, 2 1/2 hours outside any major city, dust flies into the air.Border Patrol agents are tracking ghosts. Until the agents see the migrants crossing here in person, they're nothing but a spiral of dust...
Yuma, we have a problem: Meth is everywhere
Methamphetamines can be found nearly anywhere in Yuma city and county, according to Yuma's local law enforcement officials. When asked where the meth "hot spots" are in Yuma County, Yuma County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Jay Carlson said,...
It's even a problem in the workplace; many employers have adopted zero-tolerance polices
No local figures are available for the extent of drug use among employees and its impact on their employers. "But there's definitely a problem," said Tami Harmon, spokeswoman for Pinnacle Health Care, which treats a number of walk-in, employment-related...
Meth cases fill up jails, courtrooms
Law enforcement across Yuma County spends countless hours and manpower fighting the problems that meth creates. Yuma Police Department spokesman Clint Norred said local meth use has become such a problem that it has put a tremendous strain on...
Problems involving meth impact all detention facilities
Maj. Leon Wilmot of the Yuma County Sheriff's Office said Yuma County jail does not have any specialized programs to deal with methamphetamine addicts who are incarcerated. "Unfortunately, because they are not in here long enough, we do not....
Programs for inmates need to be improved
Arizona Department of Corrections spokesperson Katie Decker said the current programs to treat addictions in prison are not intensive enough to break meth's powerful hold on inmates. The programs are three educational programming levels -...
More meth, more treatment, more money
The number of options for treatment in Yuma has grown, but the number of people addicted to meth appears to have grown even faster. According to Arizona Department of Health Services, in 2002, one in 10 new patients listed meth as an abused...
There's still hope: Recovery possible for those facing addictions
Methamphetamine use is a serious problem in Yuma but recovery is possible for addicts with a strong desire, who are willing do what it takes. Making the decision to change their lives, with counseling as a guide, people are able to successfully...
Counseling and treatment services listings
Here is a list of services and organizations where you or a loved one can get help. ----- Arizona Counseling and Treatment Services 2573 S. Arizona Ave., Suite G 376-0220 Hours of operation: 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Substance abuse...
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