http://cargocollective.com El Mirador Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:10:18 +0000 http://cargocollective.com en http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/The-New-Ghost-Towns-of-Sonora http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/following/elmirador/The-New-Ghost-Towns-of-Sonora Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:10:18 +0000 El Mirador 1736372 From "Deserted Villages Left to Become Ghost Towns," Borderland Beat: "The long ribbon of highway outside of town stretches for miles. Desert scrub grows out onto the cheaply paved road in the mountains of Northern Sonora. Locals warn don’t go too far up into the hills. Even the Sinaloa Cartel stays out. So does the Mexican Army. " <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115237/1736372/IMG_5642_900.jpg" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115237/1736372/IMG_5642_o.jpg" data-mid="8539733" border="0" align="left"/> "The largest of the towns in these hills is Tubutama. A 300 year old mission town. Father Anastasio Franco Gómez gives the Mass on this day. “The last census counted 1,750 people; right now, I doubt there are 500 left,” Gomez said in Spanish. The town’s last local cop was shot dead in mid June. The police station closed down. Companies stopped delivering goods to the local stores. School teachers have left; businesses locked up. Empty roads, empty houses sit in the middle of town, their windows shattered out..." <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115237/1736372/IMG_5640_900.jpg" width="900" height="600" width_o="900" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115237/1736372/IMG_5640_o.jpg" data-mid="8539729" border="0" align="left"/> "Leonardo, 11, is helping his dad work on a house. He grew up in Phoenix where they lived illegally before returning to Mexico. He hoses the sweat off on this hot day and goes to stand shyly behind his father. “They come with guns here. Like … people. Scary,” he said, quietly. Like the other towns here, there is no gas station or large grocery store. For those, one must drive down into the cities. But people have been killed by the cartel for trying to bring fuel or food back up... It leaves Leonardo’s father angry, frustrated. “They don’t allow us to bring provisions, fresh vegetables, nor gasoline,” he said in Spanish. The boy Leonardo has clear instructions for when the gunmen come. “Just go to … like inside the house and stay there,” the boy said..." <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115237/1736372/IMG_5647.jpg" width="434" height="650" width_o="434" height_o="650" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/115237/1736372/IMG_5647_o.jpg" data-mid="8539734" border="0" align="left"/> "Back down the lawless road into the main town, the few children left are warming up for San Pablo Day: A historic festival that’s always drawn a crowd from both sides of the border. The crowd is supposed to spill out from the mission and onto the church square for the celebration. This year, it barely filled the pews." Photo credits: El Mirador From "Deserted Villages Left to Become Ghost Towns," Borderland Beat: "The long ribbon of highway outside of town stretches for miles. Desert scrub grows out onto... http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/Ricardo-Elizondo-Elizondo http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/following/elmirador/Ricardo-Elizondo-Elizondo Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:49:05 +0000 El Mirador 1617187 http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/Agusto-Monterroso http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/following/elmirador/Agusto-Monterroso Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:39:22 +0000 El Mirador 1617124 "Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí." "Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí." http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/Juan-Rulfo http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/following/elmirador/Juan-Rulfo Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:25:36 +0000 El Mirador 1617051 http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/Carlos-Montemayor http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/following/elmirador/Carlos-Montemayor Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:10:58 +0000 El Mirador 1616886 http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/B-Traven http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/following/elmirador/B-Traven Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:56:34 +0000 El Mirador 1616587 http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/Daniel-Sada http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/following/elmirador/Daniel-Sada Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:11:27 +0000 El Mirador 1616564 http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/Amado-Muro http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/following/elmirador/Amado-Muro Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:00:23 +0000 El Mirador 1616538 http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/Gerardo-Cornejo http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/following/elmirador/Gerardo-Cornejo Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:46:37 +0000 El Mirador 1616512 http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/Jesus-Gardea http://cargocollective.com/elmirador/following/elmirador/Jesus-Gardea Mon, 20 Jun 2011 03:36:27 +0000 El Mirador 1594652