Bridges Across Borders was founded in Bradford county in 2003. Now we see our area’s waters threatened by a proposed phosphate mine straddling the New River, and our neighboring Union county, which feeds into the Santa Fe River. There are thousands of acres of wetlands on the project site, endangered and threatened species that live…
Year: 2017
Border Patrol Victims Network, Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez Vigil
PICS FROM LAST NIGHT’S VIGIL FOR JOSE ANTONIO ELENA RODRIGUEZ. Araceli Rodriguez, Jose Antonio’s mom, showed up by herself as other family members were unable to attend. Six came from “el otro lado” in solidarity with Araceli to enjoy champurado and sweet bread, a Christmas posada in Feb. Mark and Ana Maria played the panpipes….
Border shooting of Mexican teen heads to Supreme Court
Sergio Hernandez died at 15, shot dead by policeman Jesus Mesa. His would have been a story of American violence both tragic and banal if the victim had not been in Mexico and the shooter in the US. The thorny legal question raised by the cross-border homicide heads to the US Supreme Court on Tuesday….