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View into Mexico at “Drive-through” 1/4 mile west of the port-of-entry at Naco, Arizona

Dublin Core

Title

View into Mexico at “Drive-through” 1/4 mile west of the port-of-entry at Naco, Arizona

Subject

borders (boundaries)

ports of entry

fences (site elements)

Description

Today, no federal, state, or local governments have any concerted policy regarding the border fences. The United States section of the International Boundary and Water Commission constructed fences in a cattle control program that began in 1935 and terminated in the 1950s. At that time, funding was withdrawn and responsibility for established fences was either transferred to local ranchers or abandoned. Most of the fence is barbed wire, usually three to five strand. There are sections of chain link fence, but no more than fifteen miles total along the entire border. This photograph shows a "drive-through," 1/4 mile west of the port-of-entry at Naco, Arizona and Sonora. Smugglers use this to avoid the mordida, literally translated as a "bite" (bribe), but it is monitored by the Unites States Border Patrol using ground sensors. The view looks into Mexico.

Bisbee Quadrangle: Arizona –Cochise Co.; 15 minute series; #107

Creator

Goin, Peter

Source

Peter Goin Collection (MS 733)

Date

Undated

Rights

Copyright © is held by the artist. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, Special Collections. Further transmission, reproduction, presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the artist.

Format

JPEG

Type

Image

Identifier

C56_TracingtheLine.jpg

Coverage

Naco, AZ

Naco, Sonora, Mexico

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

TIFF

Collection

Tracing the Line

Citation

Goin, Peter, “View into Mexico at “Drive-through” 1/4 mile west of the port-of-entry at Naco, Arizona,” Special Collections Online Exhibits, accessed November 21, 2024, https://exhibits.lib.arizona.edu/items/show/2319.