The Douglas international crossing was renamed Thursday in honor of Arizona’s 14th governor.
“Our family believes it’s very fitting that the port of entry in Douglas will be named in my father’s honor, especially since he grew up in the area and later served as governor and a three-time U.S. ambassador,” Beth Castro, the daughter of the late the Raúl Hector Castro, said in a news release.
“My father was born in Mexico, believed strongly in building cross-border ties, and he was extremely proud to have represented the United States overseas,” she said.
Castro died in April. He was 98.
The event was hosted Wednesday morning by the U.S. General Services Administration and the Customs and Border Protection agency in a ceremony with federal, state and local officials.
Castro was born in Cananea, Sonora, Mexico. He crossed the border with his family in 1918, during the Mexican Revolution, and grew up in Pirtleville, near Douglas.
He served as a county attorney and Superior Court judge in Pima County in the 1950s and 1960s.
In 1974, he was elected as the first and only Hispanic to serve as governor of Arizona.
He also served as U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, Bolivia and Argentina.
