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Story spreads of Tohono O'odham brothers' arrest, deportation after using tribal border gate

Joaquin Estevan belonged on both sides. He moved freely across the border, splitting his time between the United States and his tiny tribal village in Mexico.

He needed to cross again in March, so he hitched a ride and bounced over five miles of desert to the San Miguel Gate, in a remote spot west of Nogales. There, members of the Tohono O’odham tribe are supposed to cross the international boundary between Mexico and Arizona.

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/border-issues/2018/08/02/oodham-brothers-arrested-deported-after-using-tribal-border-gate/798715002/

 

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