Once a sleepy agricultural town, the entire economy of Altar, Sonora is, at this point, based on human smuggling. Sitting just an hour drive south of the Arizona-Mexico border, Altar is the last and most critical stop before migrants take to the dangerous desert crossing.
Mexican Migrants Court Danger in Desert
Published July 18, 2009
Please follow the link below to view the slideshow.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-migrants19-pg,0,7067...
Join David Rochkind at Washington University in St. Louis for "The Way Through: Daily Life and the Business of Smuggling in Mexican Border Towns."
Pulitzer Center Grantee David Rochkind's photography on the US-Mexican border will be featured at the Border 2010 exhibition at the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts in El Paso, T
Grantee
David Rochkind (b.1980), formerly based in Mexico City, has covered issues ranging from human smuggling along the US-Mexico border to the impact of tuberculosis on communities across the world. His...
