Custodian Maria Martin cleans up the area around the Rio Grande Village store in Big Bend National Park, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin announced the reopening of the international crossing at Boquillas del Carmen, Mexico, inside the park. The crossing was closed in May 2002 in reaction to the Sept. 11 attacks. Rio Grande Village is the closes store to the crossing and was used by many of citizens of Boquillas as their grocery store before the closing of the border. The crossing was also popular with park tourists that would cross into Mexico for beer, food and crafts. Photo: JERRY LARA, San Antonio Express-News / glara@express-news.net
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