Threatened Heritage Sites Near U.S.-Mexico Border

Millennia-old canyon art, a historic adobe church, and a mountain sacred to Indigenous groups are among the sites endangered by construction activities near Big Bend in Texas and other borderland areas. On April 24, construction crews worked on a new segment of the border wall on Kuuchamaa Mountain.

Advocacy groups on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are raising alarms about the potential impacts of expanding President Donald Trump’s border wall. These historical and cultural sites, including a pilgrimage site with a Christ statue, face risks from the increased border security measures.