Leave a comment Some folks on the Frontera List today criticized my choice of words in calling out the Trump administration’s plan to violate the Flores settlement agreement and to hold families and children in long-term detention. See: Trump administration to circumvent court limits on detention of child migrants This…

Molly Molloy — mother, librarian, citizen Mother: Some congressman on CNN just said mass shootings are the fault of boys growing up with single moms… so glad you live in Sweden where you can’t get a gun to murder people…cause if you did it would be my fault… USA 🇺🇸 …

Back in 2009, Charles Bowden wrote about a Mexican reporter from the little town of Ascensión, Chihuahua named Emilio Gutierrez. Emilio had been threatened with death by the Mexican Army for writing a story about soldiers robbing and beating up migrants in Palomas (just across the border from Columbus, New…

The investigation of a murdered DEA hero has taken agent Hector Berrellez deep into the murky world of drug traffickers, corrupt Mexican officials, and possibly the CIA (see: parts I and II). …

The murder of young DEA agent Kiki Camarena in 1985 became an international incident — and an obsession for his agency (See: Part I). Hector Berrellez spearheads the hunt for those responsible, called Operation Leyenda. What his sources tell him changes everything. By Charles Bowden and Molly Molloy Illustrations by Matt…

The unsolved murder of a DEA agent haunted the celebrated reporter for decades—and he finally completed his investigation in August, just before he died. His co-author talks about why it took so long and meant so much. — By Molly Molloy