A shoot-out at a Big Bend ranch captured the nation’s attention: first as an alleged ambush by undocumented migrants, then as a fear-mongering hoax. The real story is much more mysterious.

A visit to America’s leading trade show for state violence.

In the Southwest’s border region, historical reenactment meets today’s reality.

How the border patrol chases have spun out of control, with deadly consequence.

How Texas’s decade-long border security operation has turned South Texas into one of the most heavily policed and surveilled places in the nation.

What happens when U.S. border patrol kills—in Mexico?

Surveillance as daily life along the Texas border.

Paramedics pick up the pieces on the Texas-Mexico border.

How three friends and a team of frat brothers made a fortune smuggling people along the most heavily patrolled stretch of highway in Texas.

An investigation into the mass graves in Texas that contain the remains of migrants.

How the Border Patrol became America’s most out-of-control law enforcement agency.