Family Of Slain ICE Agent Files Claim Against U.S. Government
Family Of Slain ICE Agent Files Claim Against U.S. Government
By Cindy Casares, The Texas Observer On June 20th, the same day a House panel voted to hold U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over failure to […]
The Troubling Death Of An Intern
By Tony Castro, Voxxi Four days before Armando Montaño’s body was found in a Mexico City apartment elevator shaft, the 22-year-old Colorado Springs wire service intern reported on an airport confrontation in […]
Former Agent Recounts Life on the Frontline of Drug War
By Melissa del Bosque, The Texas Observer During his 27 years in federal law enforcement, David Ramirez posed as a high level drug smuggler, nearly suffocated in a car trunk […]
Morning NewsTaco
Tuesday June 26, 2012 Voters Think the Election Won’t Affect The Economy (The Atlantic): In 2000, pundits declared the presidential race to be the “Seinfeld Election” — an election about nothing. […]
The Latino Vote: How To Avoid Squandering Its Power
By Elaine de Valle, Voxxi While President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney headline the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officers conference in Orlando this […]
Salvadoran Government Negotiates With Criminal Gang
By Texas Observer In March, a leading investigative online news journal in El Salvador, El Faro, broke the news that the government was negotiating a reduction in homicides with the […]
Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory And Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 8: Two Guatemalas
(Editor’s note: This is the last of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 8: Two Guatemalas Last August, a Guatemalan court found three former […]
More Female Narcos Stepping Up To Management Roles
By Kalyn Belsha, Voxxi Women’s participation in Mexico’s drug trade is nothing new — in fact their involvement can betraced back to the 1930s. But now, female narcos are stepping up to management […]
Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory And Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 7
(Editor’s note: This is the seventh of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 7: ‘Sorrows Can Swim’ Oscar waited about six weeks for the […]
Finding Oscar: Massacre, Memory and Justice In Guatemala, Chapter 6
(Editor’s note: This is the sixth of an eight part series) By Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, and Ana Arana, Fundación MEPI Chapter 6: Cocorico2 The U.S. arrests helped jolt Romero’s investigation back to […]
