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<b></b> Nogales, Sonora, looks down on the United States. Photo looking north, down across the border to Short Street in the United States.<br>
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<b></b> <img height="400" width="600" src="http://www.azcentral.com/news/projects/border-rockings/_D3J5152.jpg">>
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<b></b> A Mexican police vehicle drives east on Calle International up to the top of a large hill. A Border Patrol SUV sits on a ridge between East Street and Escalada Drive to the north in the United States.<br>
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<b></b> <img height="400" width="600" src="http://www.azcentral.com/news/projects/border-rockings/_D3J5165.jpg">>
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<b></b> Looking east on Calle International in the gritty Buenos Aires neighborhood in Nogales, Sonora. The paved road becomes a dirt road across from Escalada Drive in the United States. The cross were Ramses Barron Torres was killed can be seen to the east.<br>
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<b></b> <img height="400" width="600" src="http://www.azcentral.com/news/projects/border-rockings/_D3J5192.jpg">>
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<b></b> A teenager rides his bike in Mexico near the spot were Ramses Barron Torres was killed. The photograph looks west up one of the large hills that run east-west across the border.<br>
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<b></b> <img height="400" width="600" src="http://www.azcentral.com/news/projects/border-rockings/_D3J5251.jpg">>
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<b></b> Smugglers find many places to hide in the neighborhood surrounding East Street just north of the border fence. There are several ravines and wooded areas nearby, and residents have found crossers hiding on their porches and in their garbage cans. Border Patrol vehicles drive quickly through this area where there are often children playing in the street.<br>
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<b></b> East Street in Nogales, Ariz., dead ends into the border fence at the top of a large hill. Residents report crossings in the area almost every day. Border Patrol agents are often searching the area looking for smugglers.<br>
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<b></b> <img height="400" width="600" src="http://www.azcentral.com/news/projects/border-rockings/_D3J5287.jpg">>
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<b></b> Looking east and south from the point where Escalada Drive dead-ends into the border fence access road. The Colonia Buenos Aires neighborhood in Nogales, Sonora, is to the south. There have been at least two cross border shootings in this area since 2011, one of them fatal.<br>
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<b></b> <img height="400" width="600" src="http://www.azcentral.com/news/projects/border-rockings/_D3J5299.jpg">>
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<b></b> A Border Patrol sports utility vehicle travels west along the border fence access road toward East Street in Nogales, Ariz. The large dip at Short Street can be seen further to the west.<br>
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<b></b> <img height="400" width="600" src="http://www.azcentral.com/news/projects/border-rockings/_D3J5315.jpg">>
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<b></b> Much of Nogales, Sonora, sits higher in elevation than the United States. When the fence dips through hills in the area, it exacerbates the difference in elevation, making it easier to throw rocks and hit the Border Patrol on the lower ground. A Border Patrol vehicle travels west toward the dip in the fence at Short Street.<br>
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<b></b> <img height="400" width="600" src="http://www.azcentral.com/news/projects/border-rockings/_D3J5321.jpg">>
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<b></b> Because of the topography, the border fence dips sharply in the area above Short Street in the United States, which is to the right in the photo. This photograph looks west, with the Dennis DeConcini port of entry farther west over the hill.<br>
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<b></b> <img height="400" width="600" src="http://www.azcentral.com/news/projects/border-rockings/_D3J5409.jpg">>
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<b></b> Many of the houses on Escalada Drive in Nogales, Ariz. are equipped with concertina wire, barbed wire and fencing to keep out border crossers. Some of the houses in the area have fallen into disrepair.<br>
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<b></b> A large light sits at the top of East Street in Nogales, Ariz. To the south, Mexico sits above the area. It is a prime spot for agents to be attacked with rocks and respond with force.<br>
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<b></b> <img height="400" width="600" src="http://www.azcentral.com/news/projects/border-rockings/_D3J5452.jpg">>
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<b></b> A cross marks the site in Mexico where Ramses Barron Torres was shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent who fired through the border fence while under attack from rocks. Just before the shooting, an agent called for a less lethal device to be brought to the scene.<br>
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<b></b> Two groups of young men rush to the border fence just prior to a border crossing witnessed by three Arizona Republic journalists. The men quickly put a ladder on the fence and lowered themselves down to the U.S. side on a rope with bundles strapped to their backs.<br>
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<b></b> <img height="400" width="600" src="http://www.azcentral.com/news/projects/border-rockings/_MG_6311.jpg">>
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<b></b> Just behind the commercial area of N. Morley Avenue in Nogales, Ariz., East Street climbs up a steep hill and then dead ends into the border fence. Mexico sits even higher than the border fence pictured to the south.<br>
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<b></b> Border Patrol lights illuminate the area at the end of East Street in Arizona. Border Patrol use of force reports often cite agents being rocked at the "Top of East." A wooded ravine sits near the area, which is a natural place for smugglers to hide themselves and their bundles.<br>
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<b></b> A Border Patrol agent looks for tracks in the dirt of a border crosser who jumped over the fence at the top of Short Street in Arizona on Jan. 28. Border Patrol agents furiously searched the area for two hours but didn't immediately find the border crosser. Houses can be seen to the south in Mexico.<br>
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<b></b> Many families and children live in the Short Street area just north of the border fence. A Border Patrol agent searches for a border crosser who jumped over the fence on the afternoon of Jan. 28. This area sits below the border fence and looks up at Mexico.<br>
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