Jason Buch, Author at KVIA

At the picadero along the train track, Montelongo and Rojas accept used syringes and hand out new ones. The man with the gray sweatshirt is Erick.

In Juárez, a Militarized Border Makes Drug Use More Deadly

October 17, 2025 1:56 PM Jason Buch

In Juárez, Border Militarization Poses Unique Challenges for Harm Reduction By Jason Buch Editor’s Note: This story is a collaboration between Puente News Collaborative and the Texas Observer. CIUDAD JUAREZ – As the healthcare workers approach the small collection of makeshift shelters along the train tracks that cut through the northern Mexico industrial hub of

Vinyl Frontier: The Record Store That Resurrects Rio Grande Valley’s Lost Grooves

April 2, 2025 5:06 PM Jason Buch

Editor’s note: This story was co-published with Puente News Collaborative in partnership with EL PAIS. Puente News Collaborative is a bilingual nonprofit newsroom, convener, and funder dedicated to high-quality, fact-based news and information from the U.S.-Mexico border. Words by Jason Buch, @jlbuch Photos by Michael Gonzalez, @michael.gonzlz Edited by Dudley Althaus, @dqalthaus and Alfredo Corchado,