link to this page from your site or blog!:
Naco News
Local news for Naco, AZ continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.
- Top stories of 2008
Today, we offer thoughts on the local stories we think are memorable from the past year.
- BP agent sued for wrongful death
By Jonathon Shacat Wick News Service Published/Last Modified on Thursday, December 11, 2008 3:06 PM MST BISBEE - A law firm representing the parents of a Mexican man killed by Border Patrol Agent Nicholas ...
- Heading home: It's holiday time in Mexico
Thousands of Mexican-Americans and Mexican nationals in the United States are making a traditional migration southward for the holidays.
- Fort Huachuca restricts travel to Mexico
Rising drug violence in Mexico's border region has prompted Southern Arizona's largest military installation to issue new restrictions on troop travel and a warning to military families and civilian staffers to ...
- Prosecutors won't retry Corbett
By Jonathon Shacat WICK NEWS SERVICE Published/Last Modified on Saturday, December 13, 2008 7:32 AM MST BISBEE - The Cochise County Attorney's Office does not plan to continue to prosecute U.S. Border Patrol ...
- No 3rd trial for agent in migrant' ...
A U.S. Border Patrol agent won't be tried a third time for the shooting death of an illegal immigrant in the southern Arizona desert last year, prosecutors announced Thursday.
- No Third Trial for Agent Charged in Migrant's Death
A U.S. Border Patrol agent won't be tried a third time for the shooting death of an illegal immigrant in the southern Arizona desert last year, prosecutors announced Thursday.
- Jurors saw - gaping holes' in case against Border Patrol agent
A sloppy investigation by the Cochise County Sheriff's Office was a significant factor that led a majority of the jurors to feel Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Corbett was not guilty of a crime, according to two ...
- New postmaster in Pirtleville
Brenda Hernandez, left, is sworn in by Nancy S. Hertel, manager of U.S. Post Office operations in Tucson, as the new postmaster in Pirtleville.
- Illegal Immigrants Cross from Mexico
Are we the only country where people sneak in? Is living here so desirable, even at the bottom of the economic ladder, that citizens of other countries are willing to risk their lives to get in and stay in? ...
- Longer, taller fencing gives illegal migrants a higher hurdle
Mario Garcia Salcido and a friend left home in Culiacan for this dusty speck of a border town last week, headed for jobs in an Idaho milk-processing plant.
- Human rights group cites 30 complaints of abuse committed by local enforcement
Jennifer Allen, director of Border Action Network, released a report Thursday that cites the number of complaints of abuse from law enforcement.
- ELECTION 2008: Four candidates seek vacated Supervisors seat
Republican Harvey Allen, Democrat Ann English non-partisan Matt Cook and Write-In "John Henry" are seeking the vacated seat for District 2 on the Cochise County Board of Supervisors.
- Perspectives from the border during election year
Four people-all dealing with the same issue during an election year. For these individuals, the issue of immigration and the border rank at the top.
- Mexican Consulate asks for donations to help migrants
In an effort to help illegal immigrants that have been returned to the border, the Mexican Consulate in Douglas is asking for donations of food and other goods.
- Detained illegal immigrants face mistreatment, Tucson border group claims
A new report from the Tucson-based human rights group No More Deaths alleges systematic mistreatment in the Border Patrol processing centers, including: the denial of food, water and medical treatment, physical ...
- 12 drug seizures at Ports of Entry during holiday weekend
Customs and Border Protection officers working at the ports of entry along the Arizona/Sonora border were busy during the long weekend, stopping 12 drug smuggling attempts and seizing 963 pounds of marijuana ...
- District 2 candidate's name left off ballot
It was a strange feeling for District 2 Board of Supervisors candidate Matt Cook.
- Corbett re-trial
Francisco Javier Dominguez-Rivera, a Mexican who had illegally immigrated to the U.S., worked in a granola factory in Connecticut for about four years.
Naco Classifieds
Local classifieds for Naco, AZ
City DescriptionNaco is a census-designated place (CDP) in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. Its population was 833 at the 2000 census. It is across the United States–Mexico border from Naco, Sonora. The Naco port of entry is open 24 hours per day.
The present-day town of Naco, Arizona was established in the early 1900s. The area was originally settled by Nahua and Opata Indians. Naco means "cactus" in the Opata language.
Naco is located at 31°20′14″N 109°56′40″W / 31.33722, -109.94444 (31.337287, -109.944461). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.4 square miles (8.7 km²), all of it land.
Naco is home to the Turquoise Valley Golf Course, one of the oldest courses in Arizona. Its clubhouse dates to the 1930s.
Naco is also attractive to illegal immigrants seeking to enter the US from Mexico.
As of the census of 2000, there were 833 people, 260 households, and 202 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 247.6 people per square mile (95.7/km²). There were 298 housing units at an average density of 88.6/sq mi (34.2/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 52.82% White, 0.24% Black or African American, 0.36% Native American, 42.98% from ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
Source:
Freebase
– The World's Database Freely licensed under
CC-BY.
|
