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Maanvi Singh in Nogales, Arizona

In this Arizona town, business has slowed as a border crackdown ramps up

A middle-aged Latino man wearing a navy blue polo shirt with reading glasses tucked into the neck, smiles standing in front of a rack with skateboards, an electronic fly-swatter, and electronics.
Ernesto Tapia in front of his store, Stereo City, in Nogales, Arizona, on 27 May 2024. Photograph: Maanvi Singh/The Guardian

For the past three decades, Ernesto Tapia’s neon-lit electronics shop in Nogales, Arizona, had been the prevailing regional destination for gearheads seeking tricked-out car stereos.

Some of his loyal customers would drive down to the small town on the US-Mexico border from Tucson, but most made the trek from the Mexican states of Sonora and Sinaloa.

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