sonoyta

Puerto Peñasco responds to water call for Sonoyta

Strong gusts of wind this past week knocked down various electric poles in the neighboring community of Sonoyta, leaving the city without electricity for over 48 hours. This also severely impacted that city’s water supply, spurring a local push for water donations. Various individuals across Puerto Peñasco launched calls for the donation of purified water […]

Demonstration in Sonoyta to block transit into Sonora from U.S.

At 5 p.m. on Friday, July 3rd, several members from the community of Sonoyta (Municipality of Plutarco Elias Calles across from the US border at Lukeville, AZ) came together for a peaceful demonstration near the border entry, blocking traffic with their cars and causing people to return North. They were in place on Friday for […]

U.S. and Mexican cooperation in border operation

Conversations across Rocky Point early last Friday morning focused on comments regarding security activity near the Lukeville/Sonoyta border. This was, as reported later by the Associated Press, part of a U.S.-Mexico law enforcement operation dubbed “Diablo Express” to combat illegal activity. Various travelers heading North from Rocky Point to the U.S. that morning noted while […]

Strengthening tourism ties with Sonoyta

OCV Press Release. Seeking measures that benefit care for both national and foreign tourists in passing through Sonoyta on their way to Puerto Peñasco, and to other points South, on Wednesday, Dec. 5th, leaders from the Puerto Peñasco Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCV) met with Sonoyta Mayor Ing. Julio Cesar Ramírez. Puerto Peñasco OCV President Héctor Vázquez del Mercado, OCV Director Javier Muñoz Herrera, […]

Summer flash-floods take toll on detour in Sonoyta

Living in Puerto Peñasco, it is often challenging to wrap our minds around concepts such as flash-floods (Is that a pipe that burst?), or monsoons (oh yeah, the summer humidity). This year, with construction on the sole city bridge in Sonoyta connecting the North (or rather, anywhere coming from San Luis Rio Colorado to Lukeville) […]