NOGALES, Mexico -- Troops. Barricades. Guns. On the border, this is the vocabulary of U.S.-Mexico relations. Here at one of the busiest crossing points, dingy metal walls separate the United States from Mexico, rich from poor. The walls are spray-painted with crude images of American border patrol... -
Down on Border, 'La Linea' Isn't So Clear
NOGALES, Mexico -- Troops. Barricades. Guns. On the border, this is the vocabulary of U.S.-Mexico relations. Here at one of the busiest crossing points, dingy metal walls separate the United States from Mexico, rich from poor. The walls are spray-painted with crude images of American border patrol...-
By Manuel Roig-Franzia