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This small Mexican border town prizes its human and environmental links with the US

  • Written by Matthew D. Moran, Professor of Biology, Hendrix College
This small Mexican border town prizes its human and environmental links with the USLucia Orosco holding her daughter, Arely, in Boquillas. Much of the embroidery created here reads 'no el muro' (no wall).Matthew Moran, CC BY-ND

The tiny Mexican town of Boquillas del Carmen sits nestled between the Sierra del Carmen Mountains and the Rio Grande. Its Chihuahuan Desert location is strikingly beautiful, with green vegetation along...

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