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Border Monuments California / Baja California
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Most of these photos are from California / Baja California (monuments 206 to 259). However, also included are a few from as far east as Colonia el Camello (47) in Southern New Mexico / Chihuahua.
Monument 47 is located near the Mennonite farming community of Camello (Chihuahua). Heavy equipment noted on the US border patrol access road.
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Monument 48. These fields are currently fallow, but typically grow corn, cotton, and chili peppers.
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Monument 68 (the first one pictured) and 67 (the others in this series) are located on a windswept plain between Rancho El Valle Mexico and Hidalgo County New Mexico.
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Monument 71 not only markes the boundary between Mexico and the United States, but also the southernmost border of New Mexico and Arizona. Due to its location on the Northern side of a steep mountain, it is shaded most of the year.
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Monuments 121, 122A, 122B, and 122 C are between Nogales Az, and Nogales Mexico. The artwork below 122A (Imfoculta Inocencia en las Frontera, by Ruben Daniels, December 2014) depicts the dangers minors encounter when crossing the desert.
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Monuments 206 through 211 are located between Sonora Mexico and southeast California, near Yuma AZ and Los Algodones Mexico. Desert flowers were noted due to recent rainfall.
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Monuments 220 through 222 are between Mexicali, Mexico, and Calexico, California.
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West of Mexicali is a slum abutting the border wall. The structural integrety of wall is being used to support some makeshift structures.
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The landscape surrounding monument 229 markedly contrasts with the slums surrounding monument 222 - that lies just 12 miles to the east. This monument is situated on an elevated plateau, with wild stallions and a nearby wind farm.
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Monument 244B is located in Tecate Mexico. 244A is nearly impossible to access due to its location between two walls at the port of entry. 246 & 247 are located on Tecate Peak. Humanitarian groups have left food, water, canned goods, and clothes for migrants at these locations.
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Monuments 251 to 258 are located between Tijuana Mexico, and San Diego California.
Tijuana in the background. Cartel activity noted here.
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Monument 253 is adjacent to the Tijuana Airport. Aircraft cross the border on their landing route.
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For unclear reasons the construction zone around monument 254 was being guared by the Mexican Army, and a pack of stray dogs.
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Unlike other monuments, 255 appears to be roughly hewn out of granite. It is not accessable to the public. It is located in a rail yard operated by the Mexican government.
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Monument 257 is on a bluff overlooking San Diego, and San Diego Harbor. US Navy helicopter surveillance is frequent in this area. Monument 258 is located beside Tijuana Beach and the Pacific Ocean.
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