Blood and Oil
Mexico’s drug cartels are moving into the gasoline industry—infiltrating the national oil company, selling stolen fuel on the black market and engaging in open war with the military.
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The Sicario: A Juárez Hit Man Speaks
The author travels to Mexico to meet a retired assassin and kidnapper, now himself a target of the cartels that once employed him.
"Are You Alone Now?"
Inside the trailer park known as Little Mexico in Norwalk, Ohio in the wake of an ICE raid that separated children from their parents.
City of Exiles
Every month, thousands of deportees from the United States and hundreds of asylum-seekers from around the world arrive in Tijuana. Many never leave.
The Castaways
Five Mexican fishermen head out with enough supplies for several days. They’re gone for nine months. A story of survival in the South Pacific.
Over the Line
What happens when U.S. border patrol kills—in Mexico?
When Deportation Is a Death Sentence
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S. may face violence and murder in their home countries. What happens when they are forced to return?
The Obsidian Serpent
Orange County’s first serial killer in 25 years stalked homeless men.
How TripAdvisor Deleted Bad Reviews
The travel forum removed warnings about rapes and injuries at Mexico resorts, tourists say.
The Disappeared
The story of September 26, 2014, the day 43 Mexican students went missing.
The Drug Runners
The Tarahumara became famous for running incredibly long distances. In recent years, cartels have exploited their talents by forcing them to ferry drugs into America. Now they’re running for their lives.
How the U.S. Triggered a Massacre in Mexico
The inside story of a cartel’s deadly assault on a Mexican town near the Texas border—and the U.S. drug operation that sparked it.
Losing Gloria
After their mother was deported to Mexico, the Marin siblings faced an impossible choice: Stay or go.
Excerpts from 'Bones in the Desert'
From the Translator’s Note:
Just over two weeks ago, on April 3, the renowned Mexican writer and investigative journalist Sergio González Rodríguez unexpectedly passed away from a heart attack at age 67. [His book] Bones in the Desert is a far-reaching investigation into the still-unsolved murders of hundreds of women and girls in the communities surrounding Mexico’s Ciudad Júarez, on the US border with El Paso, Texas. In the years since its publication in 2002, Bones in the Desert has left an indelible imprint on the modern literature of the Americas, both through its own merits and its foundational influence on Roberto Bolaño’s 2666. In crafting a fictionalized version of Ciudad Júarez, Bolaño collaborated directly with González Rodríguez, relying on him for substantial “technical help” in answering questions about the nature of the murders, and eventually including him as a character in the novel.
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The Twilight Zone
An excess of people and an excess of desert.
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No Longer a Girl
The hallmarks that would come to characterize the official narrative surrounding the serial murders were already being established.
The Believers: Cult Murders in Mexico
The American students hopped across the border for a night of partying in Matamoros. One didn’t return and was found later in a shack with 14 other corpses.
Unclaimed
On a mysterious migrant in a San Diego hospital bed, and the thousands of families who hope that he’s theirs.
The Legend of Elden Kidd, America’s Most Dedicated, Most Creative People Smuggler
A decade in the life of America’s wiliest coyote.
The Devil is Loose
Paramedics pick up the pieces on the Texas-Mexico border.
The Architect Who Became a Diamond
The archive of Mexican architect Luis Barragán has been hidden away for decades. Then an artist decided to make a performance of getting it back.
Where the Ghost Bird Sings by the Poison Springs
The author investigates the massive wildlife die-off in the Salton Sea by rafting from its tributaries in Mexico.
Brooklyn Bound
The fight to extradite El Chapo.
Coyote Bros
How three friends and a team of frat brothers made a fortune smuggling people along the most heavily patrolled stretch of highway in Texas.
El Chapo Speaks
A secret meeting, and short Q&A, with the drug lord while he was still on the lam.
Devils, Deals and the DEA
How agents took down Mexico’s most vicious drug cartel and, in the process, gave El Chapo the opportunity to create an empire.
What #Pobrezafilia Means for Mexico
Mexicans on social media have their own hashtag for images of naked – and plainly impoverished – women.
