Nogales International

3 days ago | nogalesinternational.com | Jonathan Clark

Francisco Alvarez was fuming mad in the wee hours of New Year's Day 1993. He believed a rival drug gang had hijacked one of his group’s marijuana loads and was intent on "getting” one of the gang’s members as revenge, an associate named Manuel Hernandez told police in June 1993. Hernandez said that as he, Alvarez, and a man named Enrique Blanco cruised around Nogales that night, he heard Alvarez and Blanco plotting to kidnap the alleged smuggler and turn him over to the owners of the stolen load.

5 days ago | nogalesinternational.com | Jonathan Clark

Sisters Ariann and Ariadne Tapia both played soccer and volleyball at Rio Rico High School. When it came to pursuing athletics in college, they each chose a sport. Ariann will continue her soccer career at GateWay Community College in Phoenix while Ariadne will play volleyball at Ottawa University of Arizona in Surprise. The recent RRHS grads signed their respective letters of intent during a ceremony on Monday at the school’s Performing Arts Center.

2 weeks ago | nogalesinternational.com | Jonathan Clark

Members of the Class of 2025 at Nogales High School are headed to two- and four-year schools stretching from Arizona to West Virginia, Minnesota, Iowa, Utah, Kansas, Texas and California to study and participate in college athletics. They'll compete in sports ranging from baseball, basketball, cross country and football, to soccer, stunt and cheer, and track and field. kAm%9:CE66? @7 E96D6 DEF56?E\2E9=6E6D 7@C>2=:K65 E96:C A@DE\8C25F2E:@? 4@>>:E>6?ED 5FC:?8 2 D:8?:?8 46C6>@?J @?

2 weeks ago | nogalesinternational.com | Daisy Zavala Magaña

So far, officials have recovered approximately $6.7 million that former County Treasurer Elizabeth Gutfahr had stolen during her decade-long tenure, according to court documents filed last month. Those proceeds were obtained through the sale of tainted assets under a receivership – including real estate properties, livestock and vehicles belonging to Gutfahr, her husband, her son and her daughter-in-law. kAm%96 C64@G6C65 7F?5D >2C< ;FDE 2 D>2== 7C24E:@? @7 vFE729C’D Sbg >:==:@?

2 weeks ago | nogalesinternational.com | Genesis Lara

Shelbi Galindo has had many aspirations from a young age: buying her first car, establishing a beauty salon, visiting her sister in Chile, and being able to care for her parents and grandparents. And she’s already off to a strong start. She obtained her cosmetology license, saved her money for several months and bought her first car – all by the young age of 16. kAm}@H[ E96 `g\J62C\@=5 G2=65:4E@C:2? @7 }&$s ~?=:?6 :D AC6A2C:?8 E@ @A6? FA 96C @H? D2=@?[ H96C6 D96 A=2?D E@ AFE 96C ?2:= E649?:4:2?