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Photo gallery: Kino missions in Sonora, Mexico
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  • Mamta Popat
  • Kelly Presnell
  • Grace Trejo

Photo gallery: Kino missions in Sonora, Mexico

  • Aug 2, 2010
  • Aug 2, 2010 Updated Aug 2, 2010

La Purísima Concepción de Caborca and Santa Maria Magdalena, Kino missions in Sonora.

La Purísima Concepción de Caborca

La Purísima Concepción de Caborca
La Purísima Concepción de Caborca is reflected in the water of the sprinklers spilling over onto the stone of the courtyard shortly before dawn in Caborca. Six years of work restored the 200 year old building, one of the key structures in the city's history, from a wreck back into a proud jewel. KELLY PRESNELL/Arizona Daily Star

La Purísima Concepción de Caborca

La Purísima Concepción de Caborca
The courtyard of La Purísima Concepción de Caborca, Caborca, is a place where many of the city's residents gather to enjoy the evenings as the sun sets and the temperatures cool. KELLY PRESNELL/Arizona Daily Star

La Purísima Concepción de Caborca

La Purísima Concepción de Caborca
The figure of Mary, in its niche on the main wall at La Purísima Concepción de Caborca, is touched by afternoon sunlight. The figure is one of the originals from the mission's past and has been restored. KELLY PRESNELL/Arizona Daily Star

La Purísima Concepción de Caborca

La Purísima Concepción de Caborca
Leticia Jimenez Lopez cradles the wooden statue of the baby Jesus that her family now keeps that for decades graced La Purisima Concepcion del Caborca. Many figures from the mission were saved by the townspeople who took the icons into their homes during times of strife and flooding. Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star

La Purísima Concepción de Caborca

La Purísima Concepción de Caborca
A 1954 photos of La Purísima Concepción de Caborca

Santa Maria Magdalena

Santa Maria Magdalena
Vendors' tents fill the plaza outside of Santa Maria Magdalena during the annual religious pilgrimage and festival that draws thousands to honor St. Francis Xavier. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

Santa Maria Magdalena

Santa Maria Magdalena
Devotees stand in line by candles that are lit outside of the chapel that holds the statue of St. Francis Javier, the patron saint of healing. The small town is usually filled with thousands of worshipers for the Feast of St. Francis. Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star

Santa Maria Magdalena

Santa Maria Magdalena
Crosses hang for sale at one of the many vendors selling religious symbols and other items during the Feast of St. Francis around Santa Maria Magdalena. Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star

Santa Maria Magdalena

Santa Maria Magdalena
A line of worshippers wait their turn to touch a statue of St. Francis Xavier on display at Santa Maria Magdalena during the festival in his honor in Magdalena. Greg Bryan/Arizona Daily Star

Santa Maria Magdalena

Santa Maria Magdalena
Marbella Corella from Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, performs a song live on an episode of La Academia on TV Azteca outside the mission on Plaza Monumental in Magdalena de Kino. James Gregg/Arizona Daily Star

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Cultural ties endangered: Drug violence could end mission tours to Sonora

Cultural ties endangered: Drug violence could end mission tours to Sonora

The escalating shootouts between Mexican drug gangs in Sonora have created another casualty. Kino Mission Tours, which for 35 years has taken thousands of people on weekend trips to get to know and appreciate the history and culture of northern Sonora, is on the brink of discontinuing the tours.

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