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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As the federal government expands the number of lanes to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, there were less officers to staff the ports of entry. One study put the loss of productivity at millions of dollars per minute. -
A jury found the rancher liable of inflicting emotional distress on the victims. He defended himself by saying he lowered the weapon upon realizing the victims weren’t armed drug smugglers. -
Jared Lee Loughner was ordered to undergo more psychological treatment. A psychologist testified during the hearing that Loughner has shown remorse. He is accused of killing six people and wounding 13 others, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. -
Members of No More Deaths claim agents pushed Mexican nationals into cactus, chased them through the desert in the middle of the night and punched pregnant women in the stomach while detained. -
The GAO found that since May 2011, the National Guard helped in the arrest of 6 percent of illegal immigrants crossing the border and less than 3 percent of marijuana seized on the border. -
Jesus Vicente Zambada Niebla, known as “El Mayito”, said he worked with U.S. federal drug agents and can prove it. U.S. officials said that never happened and are trying to prevent him from getting everything they have on the Sinaloa Cartel.
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