Fronteras Desk News
The rapid growth of DNA research on human remains raises many ethical concerns, but not all guidelines apply equally well in every setting. Now, more than 60 experts from 31 countries have published five rules they hope will work anywhere in the world.
Oct. 26, 2021
U.S. Customs and Border Protection released data Oct. 22 indicating a massive surge in apprehensions of migrant people illegally crossing the southern border; 1.7 million individual apprehensions were made in the last fiscal year — the largest number in over 20 years.
Oct. 26, 2021
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador clarified that concessions already granted to private mining companies would be respected, including those at a major lithium mine being built in Sonora.
Oct. 25, 2021
The review says a supervisory agent stationed in Arizona faced getting fired for posting internal video with a migrant falling to their death. Instead, their final discipline was a 30-day suspension, according to the report from the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Oct. 25, 2021
Since the summer of 2018, the lengthy protest has spelled millions in revenue losses every month for the federal government.
Oct. 25, 2021
Violence appeared to be down from last year in Hermosillo and Guaymas, home to San Carlos, but significant growth was seen elsewhere.
Oct. 24, 2021
In May 2020, the Navajo Nation COVID-19 Relief Fund was established to help the tribe respond to the pandemic. The fund has since raised $10.7 million, but the Navajo Nation Council recently found that more than half of that money remains unspent.
Oct. 23, 2021
Federal officials held a meeting with communities affected by a 2014 mining spill in neighboring Sonora, considered the worst in Mexican history. But many want a greater role in the remediation process.
Oct. 22, 2021
Sonora’s food and beverage establishments have been granted permission to reopen to pre-pandemic levels for the first time in more than a year and half. The change comes as both federal and state authorities have said the risk of coronavirus spread is now low.
Oct. 22, 2021
The publication marks the end of a years-long effort to reform the state's family code, which previously defined marriage exclusively as the "legitimate union of a man and a woman."
Oct. 22, 2021
A lack of data has long hindered attempts to link the Olmec and Maya cultures, and to trace the origins of a recurring building pattern that may connect them. New research uses remote sensing to help fill in the blanks.
Oct. 22, 2021
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A group representing Navajo communities is presenting its case to an international human rights body, saying U.S. regulators violated the rights of tribal members when they cleared the way for uranium mining in western New Mexico.
Oct. 22, 2021
A pair of reports released this week detail dangers and abuses migrants face at the U.S.-Mexico border because of U.S. policies and misconduct by border officials.
Oct. 21, 2021
The United States is set to lift travel restrictions at the border next month for fully vaccinated people. But that may not apply to Mexicans who received certain types of shots. But an international public health agency is warning that could be discrimination.
Oct. 21, 2021
In new polling out this week in Mexico, insecurity fears in a major Sonoran city were among the highest in the country. The alarm comes as violent crime continues to rise in the region.
Oct. 21, 2021
With the U.S.-Mexico border set to reopen to many fully vaccinated travelers next month, Mexico’s president promised Wednesday to ensure easier access to required vaccination certificates.
Oct. 20, 2021
Across Mexico, the CanSino and Sputnik vaccines have been widely, though in neighboring Sonora only CanSino has been used. Until the life-saving medicines get that authorization, Mexicans who received them will likely not be able to cross into the United States when restrictions on non-essential travel are lifted on Nov. 8.
Oct. 19, 2021
For a little more than $100, owners of such vehicles will likely soon be able to bring them into compliance with federal authorities.
Oct. 19, 2021
For the first time in months, neighboring Sonora is now considered "low risk" on the federal coronavirus scale. The transition comes as cases and deaths in Sonora and across Mexico continue to steadily decline.
Oct. 18, 2021
The more than 13,000 jobs added in Sonora, Mexico, is the largest monthly increase since pandemic restrictions went into effect in March 2020, and one of the largest monthly increases in a quarter century.
Oct. 18, 2021
