Border patrol agent Joe Romero directs a group of women and children from Ecuador to another agent for transport Tuesday, Feb. 18, by the east bridge near Staton bride in El Paso. The women turned themselves in with their children.
Tito Anchondo Tuesday, July 28, at the El Paso Strong mural off of Cotton street in El Paso. Anchondo lost his brother Andre and his sister-in-law Jordan Anchondo Aug. 3, 2019 when a gunman opened fire at a Walmart. The mural was created in central El Paso by Gabe Vasquez and co-created by Justin Martinez.
Brown Berets del Chuco lead a protest for George Floyd Tuesday, June 2, in downtown El Paso. The Brown Berets del Chuco organized the protest for justice for innocent people who have been killed or been victims of police brutality by law enforcement, immigrants and children who have been put in cages and died in custody, innocent lives that were taken by white supremacy and people who have been victimized by racism.
Briana Sanchez | Tribune Laura and Aleea Miedema play with the water misting fans at Rockin’ Robbins Tuesday evening.
Justice for George Floyd protest Sunday, May 31, in El Paso. Protesters gathered in response to the killing of George Floyd in front of the El Paso Police Department Headquarters. FLoyd was killed by Minneapolis police May, 25, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minn.
Sonia Zetino bundles up to shovel her driveway Thursday, Feb. 7, in Sioux Falls. Sioux Falls is under a blizzard warning until midnight.
Family members grieve after car crash involving a Border Patrol chase that happened at 2:17 a.m. Thursday, June 25, in Downtown El Paso. Sgt. Robert Gomez said seven people died and three were transported to hospitals.
Mila Medearis, right, holds the reigns for a horse while Harper Drapeau, center, pets the horse during animal therapy at He Dog Elementary School Tuesday, Nov. 14, in Todd County, South Dakota. All of the students at the school are indigenous. The school has animal therapy to help kids deal with anxiety and trauma. The history of the Rosebud Reservation has impacted children. Many of the children have parents and grandparents who were forced to assimilate by cutting their hair and not speaking the Lakota language.
People arrive at MacArthur Elementary looking for family and friends as the school is being used a re-unification center during the aftermath of a shooting at the Walmart in the Cielo Vista Mall area Saturday, Aug. 3, in El Paso.
Evy Scout Houghton, left, and Finley Houghton, right, talk to each other while looking at the vigil outside Walmart Tuesday, Aug. 6, in El Paso. Evy and Finley’s dad, an El Paso native, said they don’t understand what is going on but they are afraid they are going to get shot going outside after the shootings at Walmart Saturday, Aug. 3.
Family and friends of Arturo Benavides gather Tuesday, Aug. 13, to pay their respects at Fort Bliss National Cemetery. Benavides was a decorated U.S. Army Veteran.
Denise Melton cheers during Presidential Candidate Beto O’Rourke’s speech during the El Paso Strong rally Wednesday, Aug. 7, at Washington Park in El Paso. President Donald Trump visited El Paso.
Eddie Cano, La Potencia De Dios church member, becomes emotional talking to the crowd at the vigil outside Walmart Tuesday, Aug. 6, in El Paso.
Walmart reopens Thursday, Nov. 14, in El Paso. The Walmart closed Aug. 3 after a gunman opened fire killing 22 and injuring 25.
Horizon High School holds a vigil for Javier Rodriguez Monday, Aug. 5, at the high school football field. Rodriguez is a former student who was killed Saturday while shopping with his uncle at Walmart. He just started his sophomore year at Horizon.
People attend the Community Memorial Service Wednesday, Aug. 14, at Southwest University Park. The memorial service was held for the 22 people that were killed in the shooting at Walmart Saturday, Aug. 3.
El Paso Walmart mass shooter Patrick Crusius pleads not guilty during his arraignment Thursday, October, 10, 2019 in the 409th state District Court with Judge Sam Medrano presiding. Crusius, a 21-year-old male from Allen, Texas, stands accused of killing 22 and injuring 25 in the Aug. 3 mass shooting at an East El Paso Walmart in the seventh deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history and third deadliest in Texas.
Blanca Fronteria holds a cross for Walmart shooting victim Juan de Dios Velquez Chairez during the El Paso Firme and Border Network for Human Rights gathering at the original Walmart memorial Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in El Paso. A gunman opened fire at a Walmart in El Paso killing 23 and injuring several others Aug. 3, 2019.
The border Tuesday, Feb. 18, in El Paso.
A man with the tattoo “915” listens to the funeral directors thank everyone for their support at the Walmart shooting memorial site Sunday, Aug. 18, in El Paso. A procession of 22 hearsesÊfilled the memorial site to honor all of the victims of the Aug. 3 attack. The flowers were sentÊfrom across the world for the funeral services for Margie Reckard.
Annual border mass Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Rio Grande canal near the Santa Fe bridge in El Paso.
People gather in front of the Museum of the Revolution in Juarez for a protest march demanding justice for the murdered Juarez artist and activist Isabel Cabanillas Saturday, Jan. 25, near the Paso Del Norte Bridge.
Border patrol agents apprehend two Ecuadorian migrants at the border fence near Cesar E. Chavez Border Highway Tuesday, Feb. 18, in El Paso.
People cross the Paso Del Norte International Bridge during a protest demanding justice for the murdered Juarez artist and activist Isabel Cabanillas Saturday, Jan. 25, near the Paso Del Norte Bridge.
Justice for George Floyd protest Sunday, May 31, in El Paso. Protesters gathered in response to the killing of George Floyd in front of the El Paso Police Department Headquarters. FLoyd was killed by Minneapolis police May, 25, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minn.
Brown Berets del Chuco lead a protest for George Floyd Tuesday, June 2, in downtown El Paso. The Brown Berets del Chuco organized the protest for justice for innocent people who have been killed or been victims of police brutality by law enforcement, immigrants and children who have been put in cages and died in custody, innocent lives that were taken by white supremacy and people who have been victimized by racism.
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar prepares to deliver a response in Spanish to President Trump’s State of the Union Address Tuesday, Feb. 4, at Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe in El Paso.
Miguel Gonzalez, director of the Pasos de Fé migrant shelter, and Rosa Guilarte talk about their plans for New Years Eve at the shelter Wednesday, Dec.18, in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Guilarte wants to kill and cook a pig on New Year’s Eve like they do back in Cuba. But Gonzalez does not want them to kill the pig at the shelter so they agreed to kill the pig somewhere else and cook it at the shelter. Gonzalez is accommodating the migrants staying at the shelter so they can celebrate the holidays the best they can away from their own country.
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders visits El Paso for rally Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Abraham Chavez Theatre in El Paso.
Young Bernie Sanders supporter Igwe Chukwu cheers during the Bernie Sanders rally Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Abraham Chavez Theatre in El Paso.
James, did not want to give last name, speaks to protesters while Richard Madrid, back left, and Fsinot Pierre, back right, record the protest Monday, July 1, at the Border Patrol station in Clint. U.S. and Texas lawmakers held a press conference about the area border facilities they toured at the Clint Border Patrol station.
Andress High School 2020 graduation ceremony Thursday, June 18, at Franklin High stadium in El Paso.
Protesters stand on the steps of the Scottish Rite Temple during the El Paso for Black Lives protest demanding immediate defunding of the El Paso Police Department Wednesday, June 10, in downtown El Paso.
UTEP College of Liberal Arts winter commencement Saturday, Dec. 14, at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso.
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, walks to the front of the Clint Border Patrol station to talk about what she saw at area border facilities Monday, July 1, at the station in Clint.
Justice for George Floyd protest Sunday, May 31, in El Paso. Protesters gathered in response to the killing of George Floyd in front of the El Paso Police Department Headquarters. FLoyd was killed by Minneapolis police May, 25, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minn.
United Constitutional Patriots – New Mexico Border Ops Monday, April 22, in Anapra, N.M. Sundland Park police and Union Pacific police say they will no longer be able to camp at their current site on Union Pacific property and will need to vacate by Friday.
Amon Amarth performs Sunday, May 5, at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso. The concert featured Lamb of God, Cannibal Corpse and Slayer.
Presidential Candidate Beto O’Rourke visits the Clint Border patrol facility Sunday, June 30, to speak about the alleged mistreatment of the children at the station.
Walmart hero Eduardo Vitela shows off police badges that were sent to him at his home Wednesday, Nov. 20, in El Paso. Vitela pulled his mother out of the store to safety after they both witnessed people killed and she was paralyzed in shock.
Little mice comfort each other after a fire alarm went off at the The El Paso Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker Friday, Dec. 6, at Magoffin Auditorium at UTEP in El Paso. The audience and dancers had to exit the building.
Serina Wooten, kiosk agent for American Airlines, looks at the Dcor IQ tree that was donated to El Paso in remembrance of the Walmart shooting victims Tuesday, Dec. 10, at the airport in El Paso. The lighted tree has 22 panels in honor of the people who lost their lives on Aug. 3 when a gunman opened fire inside Walmart. The tree will be on display till Jan. 7, 2020.
Border patrol agent Joe Romero escorts four unattended migrant children from Ecuador to another agent for transport Tuesday, Feb. 18, by the east bridge near Staton bride in El Paso. The children were waiting by the border fence on the Mexico side alone until agent Romero approached them and began asking them where they were trying to go. The children told agent Romero they did not have parents with them.
Inmates sing ‘O Holy Night’ during Christmas Eve church service Tuesday, Dec. 24, at Rogelio Sanchez State Jail in El Paso.
A family member looks down at the casket Friday at Alayna Ertl’s funeral service at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Watkins.
Briana Sanchez | Tribune Da’Nae Roberts, 7, plays in the water with her family at the beach at Robbins Island Park Thursday afternoon.
Dr. Amy Kelley stands before the crowd at the Women’s March Saturday, Jan. 20, in downtown Sioux Falls.
Adoneis Duchec, left, and Kevin Aguilar, right, smooth out cement in a pool designed by Combined Pool and Spa Friday, Oct. 13, in Sioux Falls. The pool is being installed at a home in the Timber Oak Estates development in southern Sioux Falls. Combined Pool and Spa workers have five more projects they are attempting to finish before the end of the year. Following an increase in high end home owners Combined Pool and Spa has noticed an uptick in business.
Tom Esplan reflects on the night when a car crashed into his bedroom around 3 a.m. while he slept last Sunday on Monday, June 29, at his home in Sauk Rapids. Tom was pinned underneath the car and had to be extracted from the front window.
The golf cart shed at Elmwood Golf Cart is on fire Wednesday, Jan. 9, in western Sioux Falls.
Kathy Boyd Monday, Oct. 15, in Rosebud. If not for an adamant nurse, negligence at an Indian Health Service hospital in South Dakota would have cost Kathy Boyd her life. Boyd went to the Rosebud Hospital after having chest pains. The doctor did not want to do any further evaluations on Boyd. But a nurse made the doctor refer Boyd out to be seen in Rapid City. If she was not seen in Rapid City she would have had a heart attack. The IHS life or limb policy makes it difficult for people on the reservations to get adequate health care.
Lino Spotted Elk Tuesday, Sept. 18, at his home in Rosebud. Lino has blood and bone cancer. He lost both his legs because of poor health care on the reservation. Lino would like to have two prosthetic legs but he is still paying off one. He needs a new piece for the prosthetic leg he has. He has bruises on his legs because the alignment is wearing down.
Pedestrians make their way through downtown Wednesday, June 20, while the rain comes down. Chance of precipitation for today was 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Crews battle a structure fire Thursday, May 17, at the A-OX Welding Supply Company in Sioux Falls.
Briana Sanchez / Tribune Anisa Abdulahi prepares to take photos with friends and family after she is announced homecoming queen Monday night at Willmar Senior High School. Coronation was held in the theatre at 8 p.m. The king and queen were announced along with the prince and princess.
Shawn Mousseau talks about organizing the Family Powwows with his granddaughter Sophia Garzon, his daughter Mariah Mousseau and her son, Shawn’s grandson, Marcel Mousseau Saturday, Dec. 8, at the South Dakota State Penitentiary. The inmates enjoy the powwows because it gives them a sense of normalcy while incarcerated.
Point 2 Point security guard Josh Phillips stands at the entrance of Best Buy monitoring Black Friday shoppers Thursday, Nov. 23, in Sioux Falls. The most popular item was a Sharp 50 inch 4k smart tv for $179.99.
Briana Sanchez is a visual journalist based in Austin, Texas. She currently works at the Austin American-Statesman, previously the El Paso Times. She is a Chips Quinn scholar, has worked at the Fergus Falls Daily Journal, the West Central Tribune, and the Argus Leader. In 2015, Briana interned at the St. Cloud Times as part of her Chips Quinn scholars program.
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