
Michel Marizco
Senior Field CorrespondentSenior Field Correspondent Michel Marizco (Tucson) has reported along the Southwest border for the past decade, most of that in Arizona and Sonora. Before joining the Fronteras Desk, he produced stories in the field for CNN Madrid, the BBC, 60 Minutes Australia, and the CBC. His work now focuses on transnational trafficking syndicates, immigration, federal law enforcement and those weird, wild stories that make the U.S.-Mexico border such an inherently fascinating region. He is a contributing author on Shared Responsibility: U.S.-Mexico Policy Options for Confronting Organized Crime and an occasional writer at High Country News. In his spare time, he works with Investigative Reporters and Editors and the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, assisting in the ongoing investigations of journalist killings in Mexico.
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An autopsy from the Mexican state of Sonora leaves some unanswered questions about a U.S. Border Patrol agent-involved shooting that left a teenage boy dead in Mexico.
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A federal judge ruled Wednesday the Tucson Unified School District must begin teaching culturally relevant courses in its schools.
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano cited a 50 percent drop in apprehensions since 2008 as the key metric to successes on the border. But apprehensions are just one part of the equation.
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The U.S. Commerce Department ended a tense negotiation with Mexico over the price of its tomatoes imported to the United States this past weekend. Imports will continue, but be prepared to pay more for them.
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Border security played a big role in the latest immigration reform plan proposals, but in Southern Arizona, it's still an issue that has to get ironed out for anxious residents.
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Mexico will stop parading drug trafficking detainees in front of the news media, stop using defendants’ nicknames and stop naming the drug cartel the person worked for.
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