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…
By Monica Baricevic/El Inde While my friends and I were tucked away in a small boat town, with little to no cell service, the Covid-19 pandemic began to unravel in the States. Back when the coronavirus was just a whisper in the U.S., the University of Arizona was out for spring break. My friends and…
By Anonymous/El Inde The patient room is cold and my fingers are clenched so tight I can see my skin going white. It’s almost like I could hear the grief echoing and bouncing off the four walls surrounding me. The words kept replaying in my head repeatedly, “There’s no way.” I was 20 when I…
By Conor Vilines/El Inde April and May are traditionally the start of fire season. Sonoita-area residents have seen years when the blazes begin this time of year and continue for months until the monsoon season. In normal years, as fire season approaches, the Sonoita Elgin Fire District warms up with a pre-fire season training regiment….
By Pei-Yu Lin/ El Inde Gardenia Moffett walked onto the raised platform covered in gray carpet at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Sonoita last February. She took the microphone and welcomed the congregation. Sophia Bergh, 17, the training leader for youth in the church, stood beside her. Recorded music started playing and they began to sing….
