By Blake Schmidt, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz. Apr. 13--Mexican authorities are beefing up security this weekend in anticipation of an unusually large crowd expected to come to El Golfo de Santa Clara, Son., for the Easter holiday.

By The Sun, Yuma, Ariz. Mar. 21--Officers at the U.S. Port of Entry at San Luis, Ariz., in recent days have arrested not only suspected drug offenders but a convicted sex offender wanted for failure to register. Eric Romero, a 21-year-old U.S.

By Blake Schmidt, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz. Mar. 21--SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO, Son. -- Israel Rason's journey north is a "sad, sad story," he said. Rason spent months saving money in his hometown in the state of Veracruz, in southern Mexico, working as a laborer.

By Blake Schmidt, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz. Feb. 8--SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO, Son. -- Two billowing black plumes of smoke reached into the sky at the Mexican army's 22nd Regiment Base Tuesday as soldiers set ablaze more than 4 tons of marijuana and 20.5 kilograms of cocaine.