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  • 2 days ago | azfamily.com | Alexandra Rangel

    YUMA, AZ (AZFamily) — Roughly 40% of crop farmworkers in the United States are believed to be undocumented immigrants, according to USDA estimates. A mass deportation of those workers could leave fields unharvested. Farmers across the country are already struggling to find enough hands to keep up with demand. When CBS News asked a California blueberry farmer about the impact immigration policies had on his farm, he said he has a labor shortage. “At this point, we have barely sufficient labor.

  • 4 days ago | kktv.com | Alexandra Rangel

    YUMA, Ariz. (KTVK/KPHO/Gray News) - An Arizona father is speaking out after the body of his 2-year-old son was found during a welfare check on the child’s home. It led to the arrests of the boy’s mother and her boyfriend, who are now facing murder charges. Angelina Vasquez, 20, and her boyfriend, 23-year-old Miguel Garcia, are facing charges of first-degree premeditated murder and abandonment or concealment of a dead body.

  • 4 days ago | azfamily.com | Alexandra Rangel

    YUMA, AZ (AZFamily) — A Yuma father is speaking out after the body of his 2-year-old son was found inside a home last week. It led to the arrest of the child’s mother and her boyfriend, who are now facing murder charges. Ethan Aguerro said he had been trying for weeks to see his son, Kano Aguerro, but contact with the boy’s mother, 20-year-old Angelina Vasquez, became increasingly difficult. He said the last time he saw Kano was in March.

  • 1 week ago | azfamily.com | Alexandra Rangel

    YUMA, AZ (AZFamily) — A historic moment for Arizona’s judicial system is being celebrated in Yuma. The state’s highest court convened Thursday to hear oral arguments, leading to the honoring of the court’s newest justice, Maria Elena Cruz. The Yuma native will officially be sworn in as the first Afro-Latina to serve on the Arizona Supreme Court.

  • 1 week ago | kold.com | Alexandra Rangel

    YUMA, AZ (AZFamily) — New details have emerged in the case of a Yuma Border Patrol agent, Ramon Marquez, accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with a teen girl who was in the youth Border Patrol Explorer Program he helped oversee. New court documents show the sexual relationship between Marquez, a married father of two, and a 16-year-old girl began in December 2024 and continued through late April, when the investigation was launched.

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20 Aug 23

RT @NWSPhoenix: Dangerous to locally catastrophic flooding is expected Sunday over southern CA and western AZ (esp. over/near rugged terrai…

Alexandra Rangel
Alexandra Rangel @alexazfamily
19 Aug 23

RT @NWSPhoenix: 525am: Well, that escalated quickly. Storms erupting across much of SE CA & far SW AZ. Flash Flood Warnings west of El Cent…

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Alexandra Rangel @alexazfamily
4 Aug 23

Senator Tim Scott , 2024 republican presidential candidate is in Yuma today. He’s talking border security , ag, and healthcare with Yuma leaders and community members. @azfamily https://t.co/QY0IFUAIwP