Emily Bregel
Arizona Daily Star
The Mexican border town of Sásabe, Sonora is becoming a ghost town as gunfights between criminal factions have forced desperate residents, who never intended to leave their homes, to flee to Arizona, migrant-aid workers say.Less than 100 people remain in the small border town, about 75 miles from Tucson, as organized crime groups battle for control of the region, said Dora Rodriguez, a migrant-rights advocate in Tucson. She’s co-founder of Casa de la Esperanza, a migrant resource center in Sásabe, Sonora, which previously had a population of about 2,500.The resource center has closed due to the extreme violence, but opened its doors in a few emergency situations last week, she said.
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