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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The latest in our Broken Border series looks at what border security really means and whether the United States has reached its goal. -
The FBI said the man who allegedly confessed to the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in a broadcast interview lied to garner attention. -
With temperatures dropping, people crossing the border illegally have been at risk of freezing to death in the wide open desert. The freeze has even affected humanitarian volunteers going out to help them.
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Some of the steps outlined by President Barack Obama could have an impact on weapons trafficking across the border into Mexico. -
"Secure border" is a phrase favored by politicians when they discuss immigration. But it's also an elusive term and one that the United States has made the top spending priority of all its federal law enforcement endeavors. What does border security really mean? The Fronteras Desk takes an in-depth look at border security and comes up with an answer. The results may surprise you. To be published Jan. 24, 2013 -
The United States detained the mother of a prominent DREAM Act activist in Arizona on Thursday night and nearly deported her. The detention raises questions about just who the government chooses to deport and why.
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