Sandoval (top right) in his south Phoenix kitchen with his family (clockwise from bottom right) his wife, Rosa, their daughter Azalia, and sons Noe and Carlos. Photo: AP/Azalia Sandoval
Sandoval lived for decades in Phoenix on the edge of the Sonoran Desert, but he never stopped hearing the siren call of his birthplace - Guaymas, Mexico.
More than a quarter-century after he moved with his family to Phoenix and they all became United States citizens, Sandoval travelled back to the fishing port of Guaymas and other coastal communities on Mexico’s Sea of Cortez at least once a year, often more.
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Man of the sea
Sandoval with a large grouper he caught in the Sea of Cortez off the coast of Puerto Libertad in Sonora, Mexico. Photo: AP/Azalia Sandoval
Sandoval's wife Rosa (centre) with their son Carlos and daughter Azalia at her home in Phoenix, US. Photo: AP/Dario Lopez-Mills
Sandoval shows off the two fish he caught at Guaymas Bay, Mexico. Photo: AP/Azalia Sandoval
Sandoval (top right) in his south Phoenix kitchen with his family (clockwise from bottom right) his wife, Rosa, their daughter Azalia, and sons Noe and Carlos. Photo: AP/Azalia Sandoval
Sandoval (right) with his wife, Rosa, in their kitchen in south Phoenix after a Christmas Eve celebration with their family. Photo: AP/Sandoval Family
Sandoval worked at Mariscos de Guaymas seafood market in Phoenix for many years until he retired after his last kidney transplant. Photo: AP//Dario Lopez-Mills
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