Special thanks
to our supporters

  • Juan Padres
  • Barbara Tellman
  • John Laitner
  • Courtney Johnson
  • The Alben F. Bates and Clara G. Bates Foundation
  • Drew Pearson
  • Google News Initiative
  • Humberto Lopez — HSLopez Family Foundation
  • Rocco's Little Chicago
  • Ernie Pyle
  • NewsMatch
  • & many more!

We rely on readers like you. Join them & contribute to the Sentinel today!

Hosting provider

Proud member of

Local Independent Online News Publishers Authentically Local Local First Arizona Institute for Nonprofit News
The Ford Escape driven by a U.S. citizen, who fled the Interstate 19 checkpoint and fired on agents. Inside were two passengers, both Mexican nationals, who had entered the country without authorization.

A Tucson man is facing multiple felony charges after he shot at Border Patrol agents while fleeing from the checkpoint on Interstate 19 on Christmas Eve night, authorities said. Read more»

A 47-year-old Sells woman was sentenced to 11 years in prison in the deaths of her daughter and granddaughter in a 2013 car wreck fueled by alcohol, cocaine and high speed. Read more»

The sister of the top-ranking U.S. Customs and Border Protection official in Arizona pleaded guilty Thursday to smuggling an immigrant through a Border Patrol checkpoint near Tucson in the car she was driving, her defense attorney said. Read more»