Melissa del Bosque
Melissa del Bosque joined The Texas Observer staff in 2008. She specializes in reporting on immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border. Her work has been published in national and international publications including TIME magazine and the Mexico City-based Nexos magazine. Melissa is a 2014-15 Lannan Fellow at The Investigative Fund.
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Efrain Gutierrez at the 2014 Cine Las Americas Film Festival
In the seventies, filmmaker Efrain Gutierrez recorded the pain, the struggle and the injustice of life in his west San Antonio barrio on a 16mm camera. Full Story -
Observer Panel at SXSW Interactive: Tweeting the Drug War (Video)
What can the most censored state in Mexico teach others about freedom of expression during a devastating drug war? Full Story
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As Feds Lock Up More Immigrant Families, Abuse Allegations Grow
As the number of detention beds for migrant children and families grows rapidly, including two facilities in Texas, advocates and attorneys worry that abuse will increase too. Full Story -
Another Citizen-Journalist Silenced in Tamaulipas
The well-known citizen journalist behind the Twitter handle @Miut3 was reportedly kidnapped and killed Wednesday in the border city of Reynosa. Full Story -
Texas Nurses Demand Better Training and Equipment to Prevent Ebola’s Spread
Nurses from across the United States, including two Texas hospitals, have joined the call for better, standardized training and safety equipment for the nurses treating Ebola patients. Full Story -
Inaction Spurs New Immigrant Sanctuary Movement
Faith leaders are building a new nationwide sanctuary movement and urging churches across the country to offer shelter to immigrants facing deportation. Full Story -
National Guard Deployed to Save Lives in Rural Brooks County
The National Guard is deployed to Brooks County, Texas, where hundreds of migrants have died from heat exposure and thirst. Full Story
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The Militia Next Door
At Camp Lonestar, a citizen militia campsite outside Brownsville, a group of armed volunteers seeks to ‘push back the illegals.’ Full Story -
Beyond the Border
In our four-part multimedia series, produced in collaboration with the Guardian, we explore how a rural South Texas county 70 miles from the border has become a graveyard for Central Americans. Full Story -
‘A Cemetery For Our People’
A Guatemalan diplomat struggles to save her countrymen in South Texas and nearly loses herself. Part three of Beyond the Border, a four-part series with The Texas Observer and the Guardian. Full Story -
‘This is Our Home’
The second in our four-part Beyond the Border series, produced in collaboration with The Guardian, examining migrant deaths in South Texas. With migrants streaming through South Texas, landowners are caught between protecting their property and saving lives. Full Story -
Into the Wilderness
The first in our four-part Beyond the Border series, produced in collaboration with The Guardian, examining migrant deaths in South Texas. In part one, we report the story of Exelina Hernandez who, to comply with U.S. immigration law, would have to risk her life. Full Story
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