Protesters in Mexico again shut down the Mariposa border crossing in Nogales on Wednesday. They say the Mexican government hasn’t met their demands related to security and better prices for farmers.
The farmers and truckers blockaded the highway to the often-busy Mariposa border crossing into Arizona for the third day this week.
Members of a variety of organizations and unions representing those workers have a wide range of demands of the Mexican government — including roads that are safer from cartel violence and better prices for their products.
In a statement, the Mexican government asked protesters to sit down with them to come to an agreement. But groups say the government isn’t listening to their demands.
Protesters allowed trucks to cross for a few hours earlier this week.
The urban border crossing in Nogales, DeConcini, has remained open. Protesters also shut down the Lukeville-Sonoyta border crossing for several hours earlier this week.
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An inspection at a Mexican military checkpoint in San Luis Río Colorado resulted in the arrest of two people and the seizure of more than a ton of white powder. -
The Arizona Sheriff’s Association issued an open letter calling out the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office over its response to the public safety concerns surrounding the border wall construction in that area. -
Several window panels were broken at the Fisher Industries facility. The parent company, North Dakota-based Fisher Sand & Gravel, is contracted by the federal government for border wall construction. Tempe Police say investigators believe multiple people arrived around 4 in the morning to damage the building. -
The Forest Service is closing off a long stretch of the border to protesters and the public alike, raising issues of transparency as they claim its unrelated to confrontations. -
On Monday, dozens of agents swarmed a stretch of private land where the activists had been camped in and around a centuries-old cottonwood tree. Contractors tore down the tree and agents made multiple arrests.
