Photos: Nogales factory workers hang on
Legacy Imaging in Nogales, Son., abruptly closed in 2013 and left more than 100 people without a job. They try to recoup severance by selling merchandise left behind.
Nogales factory workers
Aureliano Flores uses a flashlight to troubleshoot a printer problem as Legacy Imaging workers sell off the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
Victor Manuel Valverde Romero, left, shows some pinrting supplies for sale to Eduardo Silvain, right, as Legacy Imaging workers sell off the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
Norma Zea Gayosso, left, examines an office cabinet for sale while Juan Pacheco takes her through dark rooms with no electricity by flashlight as Legacy Imaging workers sell off the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
Norma Zea Gayosso checks out one of the telephones for sale as Legacy Imaging workers sell off the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
Juan Pacheco, of the Pascua Yaqui tribe, pours out black ink to sell in liter bottles for $9 (worth about $30) for a customer as Legacy Imaging workers sell off the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
Trinidad Aguilar grabs a pair of trash bins from the loading dock as Legacy Imaging workers sell off the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
A staff portrait hands on the wall above boxes of inventory that former Legacy Imaging workers are selling off at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
Juan Pacheco, a former worker and a current Pascua Yaqui member, wipes his eyes as he sits in the lobby in the lulls between customer visits as Legacy Imaging workers sell off the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
Rigoberto Dorame Felix, a former worker, chats with fellow workers in the dark manufacturing floor of Legacy Imaging as he and other workers sell off the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
Norma Zea Gayosso, a customer browsing the inventory, chats with Aureliano Flores, a former Legacy Imaging employee, as workers sell off the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
Tomas Hero browses a printer that he would eventually buy for thirty pesos as Legacy Imaging workers sell off the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
Victor Manuel Valverde Romero, a former Legacy Imaging employee, uses a flashlight to see which container of printer ink he needs to sell as Legacy Imaging workers sell off the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
Juan Pacheco, a Pascua Yaqui member and former Legacy Imaging employee, hauls off a container of ink to sell a portion of as Legacy Imaging workers sell off the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
Juan Pacheco, a Pascua Yaqui member and former Legacy Imaging employee, hauls off a container of ink to sell a portion of as Legacy Imaging workers sell off the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
Rigoberto Dorame Felix, right, chats with fellow former Legacy Imaging employee Aureliano Flores as the workers stand among the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals they're trying to sell off at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
From left, Aureliano Flores, Rigoberto Dorame Felix and Trinidad Aguilar pass the time in between customer visits by reading the paper, chatting, playing dominos in the lobby of Legacy Imaging as the workers sell off the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
Juan Pacheco, a Pascua Yaqui member and former Legacy Imaging employee, shows some of the rainwater harvesting systems in place for the other former Legacy Imaging workers as they sell off the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
Some of the electronic odds and ends for Legacy Imaging workers to sell off among the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
A loading dock full of hundreds of printers for Legacy Imaging workers to sell off among the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
A loading dock full of hundreds of printers for Legacy Imaging workers to sell off among the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Nogales factory workers
Some of the remaining inventory for Legacy Imaging workers to sell off among the floor of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
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Juan Pacheco, a former worker and a current Pascua Yaqui member, wipes his eyes as he sits in the lobby in the lulls between customer visits as Legacy Imaging workers sell off the remaining inventory of printers, ink, cartridges and peripherals at the factory on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2014, in Nogales, Sonora. The maquiladora was shut down in February 2013 without notifying the employees. A judge awarded them everything inside the warehouse to sell for profit. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star