Aundre Larrow

Aundre Larrow is a third-year journalism major that loves visuals. He got a lm camera from his high school theater teacher and hasn’t looked back. Photography, design and video have taken over his eyes, and now he is constantly seeing the world dierently. At the University of Florida, he has worked as a Sta Photographer for the Independent Florida Alligator, and that has given him the opportunity to see all the sides of the Gainesville community and for that he is thankful. From basketball games to race issues in water, he has learned to take risks to show people something fresh and beautiful. Aundre’s second degree is in economics, which he has pursued in order to help him understand how the world works. He hopes to be able to use this information to properly report on community issues. His skillset is strange, yet growing and he is excited to learn. He likes Tromov of Chekhov's the Cherry Orchard, he is an a eternal student.

Cattle herders help push livestock into trailer trucks for shipment to other parts of the U.S. (Jasmine Aguilera/Borderzine.com)

Border cattle crossing gives new meaning to ‘where’s the beef?’

By Aundre Larrow | May 24, 2012

SANTA TERESA, N.M. – Life in the borderland, as the greater El Paso-Ciudad Juárez area is called, isn’t always easy. But there’s a place west of the metropolitan area along the U.S.-Mexico border that has found a balance. It’s the rare kind that involves a lot of dirt, a little political red tape and a few moos. Cattle come and go from one country to the other at the Santa Teresa International Export/Import Livestock Crossing in southeastern New Mexico. The site is one of two along the New Mexico-Chihuahua border, and the exchange of livestock involves regulation from such agencies as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, SAGARPA (the Mexican equivalent of the USDA) and customs offices of both countries.