• Facebook
  • Twitter
x

David Rochkind

  • Portfolio
  • About
  • Contact
  • Archive
  • VIDEO PRODUCTION
Show Navigation
Cart Lightbox Client Area

Search Results

Refine Search
Match all words
Match any word
Prints
Personal Use
Royalty-Free
Rights-Managed
(leave unchecked to
search all images)
Next
{ 184 images found }
twitterlinkedinfacebook

Loading ()...

  • A crime scene by the Cuerpo de Investigaciones Cientificas, Penales y Criminales(CICPC).  The CICPC is a national organization whose Homicide division investigates murders in Venezuela.
    Rochkind_VenCrime008.tif
  • A woman cries at a crime scene just after a man was shot and killed in Ciudad Juarez.
    Rochkind_Juarez034.jpg
  • Police secure the scene of a double execution in Mexico City, Mexico.  The two men were blindfolded, handcuffed and shot in the head, in a style that is becoming familiar to Mexicans.  The police believe the killings were part of a low level drug feud. As the borders to the north tighten, more drugs and weapons are staying in Mexico. The rate of addiction is increasing and violent crime is also increasing throughout the country.
    Rochkind_MexicoCrime006.JPG
  • Police secure the scene of a double execution in Mexico City, Mexico.  The two men were blindfolded, handcuffed and shot in the head, in a style that is becoming familiar to Mexicans.  The police believe the killings were part of a low level drug feud. As the borders to the north tighten, more drugs and weapons are staying in Mexico. The rate of addiction is increasing and violent crime is also increasing throughout the country.
    Rochkind_MexicoCrime003.JPG
  • Police patrol the streets in Mexico City, Mexico. As the borders to the north tighten, more drugs and weapons are staying in Mexico. The rate of addiction is increasing and violent crime is also increasing throughout the country.
    Rochkind_MexicoCrime009.JPG
  • Nighttime in Mexico City. As the borders to the north tighten, more drugs and weapons are staying in Mexico. The rate of addiction is increasing and violent crime is also increasing throughout the country.
    Rochkind_MexicoCrime007.JPG
  • Police secure the scene of a double execution in Mexico City, Mexico.  The two men were blindfolded, handcuffed and shot in the head, in a style that is becoming familiar to Mexicans.  The police believe the killings were part of a low level drug feud. As the borders to the north tighten, more drugs and weapons are staying in Mexico. The rate of addiction is increasing and violent crime is also increasing throughout the country.
    Rochkind_MexicoCrime004.JPG
  • Two young men are arrested and for burglary in Mexico City, Mexico. As the borders to the north tighten, more drugs and weapons are staying in Mexico. The rate of addiction is increasing and violent crime is also increasing throughout the country.
    Rochkind_MexicoCrime002.JPG
  • Police patrol the streets in Mexico City, Mexico. As the borders to the north tighten, more drugs and weapons are staying in Mexico. The rate of addiction is increasing and violent crime is also increasing throughout the country.
    Rochkind_MexicoCrime008.JPG
  • Police secure the scene of a double execution in Mexico City, Mexico.  The two men were blindfolded, handcuffed and shot in the head, in a style that is becoming familiar to Mexicans.  The police believe the killings were part of a low level drug feud. As the borders to the north tighten, more drugs and weapons are staying in Mexico. The rate of addiction is increasing and violent crime is also increasing throughout the country.
    Rochkind_MexicoCrime005.JPG
  • Two young men are arrested and for burglary in Mexico City, Mexico. As the borders to the north tighten, more drugs and weapons are staying in Mexico. The rate of addiction is increasing and violent crime is also increasing throughout the country.
    Rochkind_MexicoCrime001.JPG
  • Followers of La Santa Muerte, or Saint Death, attend a mass that takes place on the first of every month. Many drug dealers and criminals believe in Santa Muerte, as it is believed she looks after the criminal element.
    Rochkind_SantaMuerte012.jpg
  • Followers of La Santa Muerte, or Saint Death, attend a mass that takes place on the first of every month. Many drug dealers and criminals believe in Santa Muerte, as it is believed she looks after the criminal element.
    Rochkind_SantaMuerte010.jpg
  • Men pass the time in a cheap guesthouse in Altar, Sonora, while they wait to illegally cross the border.  Altar is the starting point for many migrants' journeys to the US. In Altar they find guides and coyotes to take them across the border.  The town's economy is nearly entirely dependent on the migrants. Recently drug cartels have become involced in the smuggling of people, using the same routes as the drugs and charging the migrants an exit tax to leave the country.
    Rochkind_Altar003.JPG
  • Employess at a hotel in downton Nogales, Mexio wait for customers to arrive. Increased broder violence has driven away much of the tourism that border towns like Nogales rely on.
    Rochkind_Nogales055.JPG
  • Migrants pray for safe passage at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Altar, Sonora, before beginning their trip across the desert and into the US.  Altar is the starting point for many migrants' journeys to the US. In Altar they find guides and coyotes to take them across the border.  The town's economy is nearly entirely dependent on the migrants. Recently drug cartels have become involced in the smuggling of people, using the same routes as the drugs and charging the migrants an exit tax to leave the country.
    Rochkind_Altar010.JPG
  • Migrants pray for safe passage at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Altar, Sonora, before beginning their trip across the desert and into the US.  Altar is the starting point for many migrants' journeys to the US. In Altar they find guides and coyotes to take them across the border.  The town's economy is nearly entirely dependent on the migrants. Recently drug cartels have become involced in the smuggling of people, using the same routes as the drugs and charging the migrants an exit tax to leave the country.
    Rochkind_Altar008.JPG
  • Police in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico secure the scene of a murder.  Mexico is undergoing a violent war with the nation's drug cartels and Ciudad Juarez has become the murder capital of Mexico, with over 4,000 murders in the past two years.  President Felipe Calderon has dispatched thousands of soldiers and federal police officers in order to contain the situation, but they have not been successful.
    Rochkind_Juarez017.JPG
  • A bridge connects El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.  Mexico is undergoing a violent war with the nation's drug cartels and Ciudad Juarez has become the murder capital of Mexico, with over 4,000 murders in the past two years.  President Felipe Calderon has dispatched thousands of soldiers and federal police officers in order to contain the situation, but they have not been successful.
    Rochkind_Juarez013.JPG
  • Inside the arms room at the Cuerpo de Investigaciones Cientificas, Penales y Criminales(CICPC) headquarters.  The CICPC is the national body which, among other things, is responsible for investigating murders.  In this room the CICPC stores all of the weapons that have been collected in the country for any reason. The weapons are kept here for 2 to 3 months before being moved to a military base. Commissioner Carlos Rodriguez of the CICPC said that they process 1000 arms every week.
    Rochkind_VenCrime018.tif
  • Inside the arms room at the Cuerpo de Investigaciones Cientificas, Penales y Criminales(CICPC) headquarters.  The CICPC is the national body which, among other things, is responsible for investigating murders.  In this room the CICPC stores all of the weapons that have been collected in the country for any reason. The weapons are kept here for 2 to 3 months before being moved to a military base. Commissioner Carlos Rodriguez of the CICPC said that they process 1000 arms every week.
    Rochkind_VenCrime016.tif
  • Police officers prepare to load the body of a man who was shot while attempting to rob El Banco Canarias de Venezuela, a bank in downtown Caracas, into a van. Of the 7 men who attempted to rob the bank, 2  were shot and killed.
    Rochkind_VenCrime003.tif
  • People celebrate Day of the Dead in the cemetary of San Gregorio de Atlapulco on the outskirts of Mexico City.
    Rochkind_Misc005.JPG
  • Followers of La Santa Muerte, or Saint Death, attend a mass that takes place on the first of every month. Many drug dealers and criminals believe in Santa Muerte, as it is believed she looks after the criminal element.
    Rochkind_SantaMuerte005.JPG
  • Migrants take vans and pickups from Altar, Sonora that will drop them off near the border.  Altar is the starting point for many migrants' journeys to the US. In Altar they find guides and coyotes to take them across the border.  The town's economy is nearly entirely dependent on the migrants. Recently drug cartels have become involced in the smuggling of people, using the same routes as the drugs and charging the migrants an exit tax to leave the country.
    Rochkind_Altar020.JPG
  • Many shops in Altar, Sonora sell goods that migrants need on their journey, like backpacks, hydration salts and matches.  Altar is the starting point for many migrants' journeys to the US. In Altar they find guides and coyotes to take them across the border.  The town's economy is nearly entirely dependent on the migrants. Recently drug cartels have become involced in the smuggling of people, using the same routes as the drugs and charging the migrants an exit tax to leave the country.
    Rochkind_Altar017.JPG
  • Migrants use phone booths in Altar, Sonora to call their families and guides in order to coordinate their border crossing.  Altar is the starting point for many migrants' journeys to the US. In Altar they find guides and coyotes to take them across the border.  The town's economy is nearly entirely dependent on the migrants. Recently drug cartels have become involced in the smuggling of people, using the same routes as the drugs and charging the migrants an exit tax to leave the country.
    Rochkind_Altar014.JPG
  • Men who were detained by US Border Patrol and returned to Mexico after a failed attempt to cross the border waitto be admitted to a shelter.  These men have little or no money and will spend the night in Nogales while they decide whether to return home or make another attempt at crossing.
    Rochkind_Nogales050.JPG
  • Men who were detained by US Border Patrol and returned to Mexico after a failed attempt to cross the border waitto be admitted to a shelter.  These men have little or no money and will spend the night in Nogales while they decide whether to return home or make another attempt at crossing.
    Rochkind_Nogales048.JPG
  • A woman smokes a cigarette outside a hair salon in downtown Nogales.
    Rochkind_Nogales043.JPG
  • A young girl drinks water  on her mother's lap. She and her family have been sleeping outside since their tin and cardboard shack burned to the ground two weeks before. Even before the accident the family had no water or electricity and their only source of income was selling scavenged trash.
    Rochkind_Nogales034.JPG
  • A man walks by a painted donkey in downtown Nogales.  Tourists pay $2 each to have their picture taken with the donkey.
    Rochkind_Nogales033.JPG
  • Men arrested by the police for drug use are prepared for processing at a small jail in Nogales.
    Rochkind_Nogales026.JPG
  • A young girl walks by a caravan of police vehicles during a security sweep looking for drug dealers, drug users and criminals.
    Rochkind_Nogales020.JPG
  • Two recently deported migrants walks along the highway in the late afternoon in Nogales, Sonora. Most migrant have no money when they are deported and have to spend time in Nogales working in order to either go back home or make another attempt at crossing.
    Rochkind_Nogales019.JPG
  • An immigrant sits in the streets of Nogales with all his belongings. He was recently detained by US border patrol and returned to Mexico. He is now deciding whether he should go home or attempt to cross again.
    Rochkind_Nogales015.JPG
  • Men who were detained by US Border Patrol and returned to Mexico after a failed attempt to cross the border wait for lights out in a shelter.  These men have little or no money and will spend the night in Nogales while they decide whether to return home or make another attempt at crossing.
    Rochkind_Nogales011.JPG
  • A small chapel in a shelter for migrants.  The men who stay here have little or no money and will spend the night in Nogales while they decide whether to return home or make another attempt at crossing.
    Rochkind_Nogales010.JPG
  • Men who were detained by US Border Patrol and returned to Mexico after a failed attempt to cross the border wait for lights out in a shelter.  These men have little or no money and will spend the night in Nogales while they decide whether to return home or make another attempt at crossing.
    Rochkind_Nogales007.JPG
  • Strippers dance inside a club in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.  Clubs like these, which double as brothels, have been targeted by drug dealers recently.  Mexico is undergoing a violent war with the nation's drug cartels and Ciudad Juarez has become the murder capital of Mexico, with over 4,000 murders in the past two years.  President Felipe Calderon has dispatched thousands of soldiers and federal police officers in order to contain the situation, but they have not been successful.
    Rochkind_Juarez011.JPG
  • Strippers dance inside a club in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.  Clubs like these, which double as brothels, have been targeted by drug dealers recently.  Mexico is undergoing a violent war with the nation's drug cartels and Ciudad Juarez has become the murder capital of Mexico, with over 4,000 murders in the past two years.  President Felipe Calderon has dispatched thousands of soldiers and federal police officers in order to contain the situation, but they have not been successful.
    Rochkind_Juarez016.JPG
  • Strippers dance inside a club in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.  Clubs like these, which double as brothels, have been targeted by drug dealers recently.  Mexico is undergoing a violent war with the nation's drug cartels and Ciudad Juarez has become the murder capital of Mexico, with over 4,000 murders in the past two years.  President Felipe Calderon has dispatched thousands of soldiers and federal police officers in order to contain the situation, but they have not been successful.
    Rochkind_Juarez027.JPG
  • Strippers dance inside a club in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.  Clubs like these, which double as brothels, have been targeted by drug dealers recently.  Mexico is undergoing a violent war with the nation's drug cartels and Ciudad Juarez has become the murder capital of Mexico, with over 4,000 murders in the past two years.  President Felipe Calderon has dispatched thousands of soldiers and federal police officers in order to contain the situation, but they have not been successful.
    Rochkind_Juarez021.JPG
  • Police in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico patrol the town looking for drugs and weapons.  Mexico is undergoing a violent war with the nation's drug cartels and Ciudad Juarez has become the murder capital of Mexico, with over 4,000 murders in the past two years.  President Felipe Calderon has dispatched thousands of soldiers and federal police officers in order to contain the situation, but they have not been successful.
    Rochkind_Juarez025.JPG
  • Police in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico search a man during a  security sweep.  Mexico is undergoing a violent war with the nation's drug cartels and Ciudad Juarez has become the murder capital of Mexico, with over 4,000 murders in the past two years.  President Felipe Calderon has dispatched thousands of soldiers and federal police officers in order to contain the situation, but they have not been successful.
    Rochkind_Juarez018.JPG
  • A homeless drug addict builds a fire to stay warm near the Rio Grande river that separates El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.  Mexico is undergoing a violent war with the nation's drug cartels and Ciudad Juarez has become the murder capital of Mexico, with over 4,000 murders in the past two years.  President Felipe Calderon has dispatched thousands of soldiers and federal police officers in order to contain the situation, but they have not been successful.
    Rochkind_Juarez010.JPG
  • Police in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico search a man during a nighttime security sweep.  Mexico is undergoing a violent war with the nation's drug cartels and Ciudad Juarez has become the murder capital of Mexico, with over 4,000 murders in the past two years.  President Felipe Calderon has dispatched thousands of soldiers and federal police officers in order to contain the situation, but they have not been successful.
    Rochkind_Juarez023.JPG
  • Inside the arms room at the Cuerpo de Investigaciones Cientificas, Penales y Criminales(CICPC) headquarters.  The CICPC is the national body which, among other things, is responsible for investigating murders.  In this room the CICPC stores all of the weapons that have been collected in the country for any reason. The weapons are kept here for 2 to 3 months before being moved to a military base. Commissioner Carlos Rodriguez of the CICPC said that they process 1000 arms every week.
    Rochkind_VenCrime017.tif
  • Recently emptied carts in the morgue in Caracas.  All of the murder victims in Caracas are processed through the morgue.
    Rochkind_VenCrime011.tif
  • Inspector Jose Rangel of the Cuerpo de Investigaciones Cientificas, Penales y Criminales(CICPC) takes notes on two homicide victims in the morgue.  The CICPC is a national organization whose Homicide division investigates murders in Venezuela.
    Rochkind_VenCrime010.tif
  • Abigail Peralta cries over the coffin of her father, Pedro Raffo.  Raffo  was shot once in the chest with a rifle during an attempted cell phone robbery.  Raffo walked himself into the hospital's emergency room where he soon died.  A doctor at the hospital said that Raffo most likely died because of a lack of proper hospital resources.
    Rochkind_VenCrime007.tif
  • This murder victim arrived dead and riddled with bullet holes to Perez de Leon hospital in Petare, a poor neighborhood in eastern Caracas.   He was shot over 10 times in what witnesses told police was a gang fight.   Ambulanes dont go itno the poorhillside communties in Caracas so police transported this vctim to the hospital in their squad car,  The officers pronounced him dead on the trip to the hospital.  The victim has a piece of tape on him that the hospital uses for identification purposes.
    Rochkind_VenCrime006.tif
  • A police officer looks at money that was stolen from the Banco Canarias de Venezuela, a bank in downtown Caracas, next to a man who was shot and killed as he fled from the bank after attempting to rob it with 6 other men.
    Rochkind_VenCrime004.tif
  • Family members mourn at a funeral for two sisters that were killed at a birthday party massacre with 13 other victims in Ciudad Juarez.
    Rochkind_Juarez039.jpg
  • Followers of La Santa Muerte, or Saint Death, attend a mass that takes place on the first of every month. Many drug dealers and criminals believe in Santa Muerte, as it is believed she looks after the criminal element.
    Rochkind_SantaMuerte013.jpg
  • Followers of La Santa Muerte, or Saint Death, attend a mass that takes place on the first of every month. Many drug dealers and criminals believe in Santa Muerte, as it is believed she looks after the criminal element.
    Rochkind_SantaMuerte008.jpg
  • Followers of La Santa Muerte, or Saint Death, attend a mass that takes place on the first of every month. Many drug dealers and criminals believe in Santa Muerte, as it is believed she looks after the criminal element.
    Rochkind_SantaMuerte007.jpg
  • A man stands alone on a dark street in Mexico City
    Rochkind_Misc004.JPG
  • Members of a Nortena band sit in their tour bus after giving a show in Mexico City. Many Nortena groups sing corridos, or songs that tell a story.  Some of these are narco-corridos, songs that tell the stories of famous drug dealers.  There has been a wave of killings of musicians that sing narco corridos.
    Rochkind_Misc003.JPG
  • One man helps another smoke crack in Mexico City.  Drugs use has been rising in Mexico City.  Low level dealers are now paid more often in drugs instead of money, and increased border security causes more drugs to stay in the country.  In the capital many homeless children and adults are addicted to sniffing paint thinner and also to crack.
    Rochkind_Calle005.JPG
  • A girl sits on the ground while her boyfriend gets high smoking crack in Mexico City.  Drugs use has been rising in Mexico City.  Low level dealers are now paid more often in drugs instead of money, and increased border security causes more drugs to stay in the country.  In the capital many homeless children and adults are addicted to sniffing paint thinner and also to crack.
    Rochkind_Calle004.JPG
  • A homeless drug addict sleeps on a park bench in Mexico City.  Drugs use has been rising in Mexico City.  Low level dealers are now paid more often in drugs instead of money, and increased border security causes more drugs to stay in the country.  In the capital many homeless children and adults are addicted to sniffing paint thinner and also to crack.
    Rochkind_Calle001.JPG
  • Followers of La Santa Muerte, or Saint Death, attend a mass that takes place on the first of every month. Many drug dealers and criminals believe in Santa Muerte, as it is believed she looks after the criminal element.
    Rochkind_SantaMuerte006.JPG
  • Followers of La Santa Muerte, or Saint Death, attend a mass that takes place on the first of every month. Many drug dealers and criminals believe in Santa Muerte, as it is believed she looks after the criminal element.
    Rochkind_SantaMuerte003.JPG
  • Followers of La Santa Muerte, or Saint Death, attend a mass that takes place on the first of every month. Many drug dealers and criminals believe in Santa Muerte, as it is believed she looks after the criminal element.
    Rochkind_SantaMuerte002.JPG
  • A view of the desert near Sasabe, Mexico.
    Rochkind_Altar030.JPG
  • Members of Grupo Beta, a Mexican government organization that works to help migrants, searches for a man who has gone missing from his group and is believed to be lost in the desert.
    Rochkind_Altar029.JPG
  • The border fence near Sasabe, Sonora and Sasabe, Arizona.
    Rochkind_Altar025.JPG
  • Migrants take vans and pickups from Altar, Sonora that will drop them off near the border.  Altar is the starting point for many migrants' journeys to the US. In Altar they find guides and coyotes to take them across the border.  The town's economy is nearly entirely dependent on the migrants. Recently drug cartels have become involced in the smuggling of people, using the same routes as the drugs and charging the migrants an exit tax to leave the country.
    Rochkind_Altar022.JPG
  • Migrants take vans and pickups from Altar, Sonora that will drop them off near the border.  Altar is the starting point for many migrants' journeys to the US. In Altar they find guides and coyotes to take them across the border.  The town's economy is nearly entirely dependent on the migrants. Recently drug cartels have become involced in the smuggling of people, using the same routes as the drugs and charging the migrants an exit tax to leave the country.
    Rochkind_Altar019.JPG
  • Many shops in Altar, Sonora sell goods that migrants need on their journey, like backpacks, hydration salts and matches.  Altar is the starting point for many migrants' journeys to the US. In Altar they find guides and coyotes to take them across the border.  The town's economy is nearly entirely dependent on the migrants. Recently drug cartels have become involced in the smuggling of people, using the same routes as the drugs and charging the migrants an exit tax to leave the country.
    Rochkind_Altar018.JPG
  • Migrants use phone booths in Altar, Sonora to call their families and guides in order to coordinate their border crossing.  Altar is the starting point for many migrants' journeys to the US. In Altar they find guides and coyotes to take them across the border.  The town's economy is nearly entirely dependent on the migrants. Recently drug cartels have become involced in the smuggling of people, using the same routes as the drugs and charging the migrants an exit tax to leave the country.
    Rochkind_Altar016.JPG
  • Migrants use phone booths in Altar, Sonora to call their families and guides in order to coordinate their border crossing.  Altar is the starting point for many migrants' journeys to the US. In Altar they find guides and coyotes to take them across the border.  The town's economy is nearly entirely dependent on the migrants. Recently drug cartels have become involced in the smuggling of people, using the same routes as the drugs and charging the migrants an exit tax to leave the country.
    Rochkind_Altar015.JPG
  • Migrants pass the time in the main plaza in Altar, Sonora.  Altar is the starting point for many migrants' journeys to the US. In Altar they find guides and coyotes to take them across the border.  The town's economy is nearly entirely dependent on the migrants. Recently drug cartels have become involced in the smuggling of people, using the same routes as the drugs and charging the migrants an exit tax to leave the country.
    Rochkind_Altar012.JPG
  • Men pass the time in a cheap guesthouse in Altar, Sonora, while they wait to illegally cross the border.  Altar is the starting point for many migrants' journeys to the US. In Altar they find guides and coyotes to take them across the border.  The town's economy is nearly entirely dependent on the migrants. Recently drug cartels have become involced in the smuggling of people, using the same routes as the drugs and charging the migrants an exit tax to leave the country.
    Rochkind_Altar007.JPG
  • Men pass the time in a cheap guesthouse in Altar, Sonora, while they wait to illegally cross the border.  Altar is the starting point for many migrants' journeys to the US. In Altar they find guides and coyotes to take them across the border.  The town's economy is nearly entirely dependent on the migrants. Recently drug cartels have become involced in the smuggling of people, using the same routes as the drugs and charging the migrants an exit tax to leave the country.
    Rochkind_Altar004.JPG
  • A view of the desert just outside of Altar, Sonora.  Altar is the starting point for many migrants' journeys to the US. In Altar they find guides and coyotes to take them across the border.  The town's economy is nearly entirely dependent on the migrants. Recently drug cartels have become involced in the smuggling of people, using the same routes as the drugs and charging the migrants an exit tax to leave the country.
    Rochkind_Altar001.JPG
  • A man opens the door to police as they conduct a security sweep looking for drugs, drug users, drug dealers and criminals.
    Rochkind_Nogales056.JPG
  • Men who were detained by US Border Patrol and returned to Mexico after a failed attempt to cross the border waitto be admitted to a shelter.  These men have little or no money and will spend the night in Nogales while they decide whether to return home or make another attempt at crossing.
    Rochkind_Nogales051.JPG
  • Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
    Rochkind_Nogales046.JPG
  • A poor  neighborhood of Nogales where most residents have to no electricity or  running water.
    Rochkind_Nogales045.JPG
  • A musician plays his accordion in downtown Nogales, waiting for someone to hire him.
    Rochkind_Nogales042.JPG
  • Men arrested by the police for drug use are prepared for processing at a small jail in Nogales.
    Rochkind_Nogales030.JPG
  • The San Regis bar in downtown Nogales has been open since 1928 and is a favorite spot for locals.
    Rochkind_Nogales029.JPG
  • A man on the floor of a prison cell in Nogales.
    Rochkind_Nogales028.JPG
  • A man arrested for drug use stands in his prison cell in Nogales, Mexico.
    Rochkind_Nogales027.JPG
  • Night time in the poor, dangerous neighborhoods of Nogales.
    Rochkind_Nogales025.JPG
  • A prostitute undresses for a client in a short term motel in Nogales, Sonora.
    Rochkind_Nogales023.JPG
  • A man is arrested for shooting heroin during a security sweep looking for drug dealers, drug users and criminals.
    Rochkind_Nogales022.JPG
  • Posters of people who went missing trying to illegaly enter the US hang in an office that assists migrants.
    Rochkind_Nogales016.JPG
  • Men who were detained by US Border Patrol and returned to Mexico after a failed attempt to cross the border wait for lights out in a shelter.  These men have little or no money and will spend the night in Nogales while they decide whether to return home or make another attempt at crossing.
    Rochkind_Nogales013.JPG
  • Men who were detained by US Border Patrol and returned to Mexico after a failed attempt to cross the border wait for lights out in a shelter.  These men have little or no money and will spend the night in Nogales while they decide whether to return home or make another attempt at crossing.
    Rochkind_Nogales012.JPG
  • Two sisters wait at a Mexican customs and immigration office. Many returned immigrants pass through this point and the sister received a call that a family member had been detained for entering the US illegally and was being repatriated to Mexico.
    Rochkind_Nogales009.JPG
  • People walk around a Mexican customs and immigration office at the border. This is the point where Mexicans arrive after being deported by the US.
    Rochkind_Nogales008.JPG
  • A man sits at a Mexican customs and immigration office.  After days of walking through the desert he was picked up by US Border Patrol and returned to Mexico.
    Rochkind_Nogales004.JPG
  • The sun sets on the border fence between Nogales, Arizona at left and Nogales, Mexico at right.  Cities along the US-Mexican border have always existed in their own space, defined more by their position between two countries than their presence in one of them.  With recent increased border security the complexity of these towns is changing. Most immigrants and drug smugglers are looking to the vast desert that straddles Sonora, Mexico and Arizona.  Because this desert is one of the hardest regions to patrol, people looking to cross have been funneled here as security increases in places like Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez.  Nogales, with a population of about 400,000, is the largest city near the desert in Sonora and receives almost all of the deported or repatriated Mexicans who have been caught trying to illegally enter the US.
    Rochkind_Nogales001.JPG
  • A funeral hearse drives to a cemetary in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.  Mexico is undergoing a violent war with the nation's drug cartels and Ciudad Juarez has become the murder capital of Mexico, with over 4,000 murders in the past two years.  President Felipe Calderon has dispatched thousands of soldiers and federal police officers in order to contain the situation, but they have not been successful.
    Rochkind_Juarez012.JPG
  • Police patrol outside of a house that was being used as a weapons cache in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.  Mexico is undergoing a violent war with the nation's drug cartels and Ciudad Juarez has become the murder capital of Mexico, with over 4,000 murders in the past two years.  President Felipe Calderon has dispatched thousands of soldiers and federal police officers in order to contain the situation, but they have not been successful.
    Rochkind_Juarez029.JPG
  • Strippers dance inside a club in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.  Clubs like these, which double as brothels, have been targeted by drug dealers recently.  Mexico is undergoing a violent war with the nation's drug cartels and Ciudad Juarez has become the murder capital of Mexico, with over 4,000 murders in the past two years.  President Felipe Calderon has dispatched thousands of soldiers and federal police officers in order to contain the situation, but they have not been successful.
    Rochkind_Juarez007.JPG
  • Strippers dance inside a club in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.  Clubs like these, which double as brothels, have been targeted by drug dealers recently.  Mexico is undergoing a violent war with the nation's drug cartels and Ciudad Juarez has become the murder capital of Mexico, with over 4,000 murders in the past two years.  President Felipe Calderon has dispatched thousands of soldiers and federal police officers in order to contain the situation, but they have not been successful.
    Rochkind_Juarez026.JPG
Next