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Photos: Fayuqueros in Nogales, Son.
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Photos: Fayuqueros in Nogales, Son.

  • Aug 25, 2013
  • Aug 25, 2013

It's where extra goods from Tucson go to find new life. Dealers line a street in Nogales, Son., and hawk clothes, TVs, shoes, tires and anything else that can fit into a pick-up truck.

Fayuqueros in Nogales, Son.

Fayuqueros in Nogales, Son.

Ana Alvarez, right, pays Ckicsia Navarrete, 10, left, whose mother Iris purchased the items seen here in Arizona, for an article of clothing "Fayuqueros" set out their goods for sale at ramshackle flea markets on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, in Nogales, Sonora. Her sister Damaris, 7, sits in the middle. Marked by the Arizona license plates on their vehicles, men and women will travel north into Tucson and Phoenix to round up "fayuca", used electronics, housewares, clothing and other odds and ends, to sell south of the border.

Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Fayuqueros in Nogales, Son.

Fayuqueros in Nogales, Son.

A clothing vendor, with her shoes laid out on top of a vehicle, shields herself from the sun as hundreds of “fayuqueros” set out their goods for sale in Nogales, Sonora.

Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Fayuqueros in Nogales, Son.

Fayuqueros in Nogales, Son.

Jose Navarrete, center, arranges glassware purchased in Arizona as he and hundreds of other "fayuqueros" set out their goods for sale at ramshackle flea markets on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, in Nogales, Sonora. Marked by the Arizona license plates on their vehicles, men and women will travel north into Tucson and Phoenix to round up "fayuca", used electronics, housewares and other odds and ends, to sell south of the border.

Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Fayuqueros in Nogales, Son.

Fayuqueros in Nogales, Son.

Tents, cars and market shoppers stretch for blocks as “fayuqueros” set out their goods for sale at flea markets in Nogales, Sonora.

Photos by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Fayuqueros in Nogales, Son.

Fayuqueros in Nogales, Son.

Market-goers examine articles of clothing originating from north of the border for sale as hundreds of "fayuqueros" set out their goods for sale at ramshackle flea markets on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, in Nogales, Sonora.

Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Fayuqueros in Nogales, Son.

Fayuqueros in Nogales, Son.

"Fayuqueros" David Barron, left, and son Jose David Barron Lagarda set a glass pane into an entertainment center as they and hundreds of other sellers set out their goods at ramshackle flea markets on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, in Nogales, Sonora.

Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Fayuqueros in Nogales, Son.

Fayuqueros in Nogales, Son.

Dora Alicia Corona, left, who lives in Nogales, Sonora, but purchases items in Tucson, takes a phone call and helps a market-goers as she and other "fayuqueros" set out their goods for sale at ramshackle flea markets on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013, in Nogales, Sonora.

Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Fayuqueros in Nogales, Son.

Fayuqueros in Nogales, Son.

Dora Alicia Corona, right, takes a phone call and helps a market-goer interested in a phone charger as she and other “fayuqueros” peddle their wares at flea markets in Nogales, Sonora. Most of the odds and ends are gleaned from the Tucson area.

Photos by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

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