Ely Ortíz busca desaparecidos
By Paula Díaz-Soet/El Inde Esta es la historia de un hombre quien se dedica a buscar inmigrantes reportados como desaparecidos en la frontera sur de EEUU. Paula Díaz Soet nos trae esta historia.
Where dreams die: The legacy of Alvaro Enciso
By Sunday Joyahnah Holland / El Inde When a migrant leaves their home country to pursue the “American dream” and doesn’t call to check in by the next week or so — their moms and their spouses and their siblings and their children and their friends start to get worried. And when they don’t get…
Sisters, small business owners and dream chasers
By Isabella Barron / El Inde “Honestly, we’re super close. We’re best friends,” María José Cortés says, giggling. María José has soft facial features, with big brown eyes and dark brown hair and can commonly be seen with a smile on her face. María-Inés, her younger sister, bursts out laughing along with her. Like her…
Hoping for love and change
By Gabriela Harrod / El Inde Finding the building is not easy. Upon arriving at the Pima County Juvenile Court Center in Tucson, Arizona, there is a fairly empty parking lot with aggressive, yellow speed bumps. They will make you wince and swear that you were only going five miles per hour. Looping around the…
Nothing new about Santa Cruz smuggling
By Conor Vilines/El Inde On February 27, an unfinished tunnel for smuggling drugs connecting Santa Cruz County to the Mexican state of Sonora was discovered by Border Patrol and their Mexican counterparts. The secret underground tunnel began inside a drainage system under Nogales, Sonora and ended inside its American sister city. It is one of…