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Anna-Cat Brigida is a freelance journalist covering immigration, politics, and human rights in Latin America and Latino communities. Her work has also appeared in GlobalPost, Christian Science Monitor and the Los Angeles Times.
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Judgment Day for the U.S.-Backed Killers at El Mozote
LA MATANZAThe Reagan administration knew what the elite troops it trained had done, so it lied. Now 38 years later, El Salvador's courts may actually convict some of the killers.
The Central Americans Washington, D.C. Can’t Live Without
TWIN CITIESLegal and illegal, men and women from the little Salvadoran town of Intipuca have been building, serving, and cleaning up in the nation’s capital for half a century. But now?
Amid the Rubble of Mexico’s Big Quake, Many Helping Hands
SHAKENIt was a sleepless night in the Mexican capital after a quake that killed at least 217 people and brought many buildings crashing down in the heart of the city.
The Baddest Cartel Boss of Buenos Aires
DON’T CRY FOR HIMIt took almost two decades and three previous arrests, but it looks like ‘Marcos’ may finally be in jail for good.
The Gangs Selling Virgins to Tourists
SOLD TO THE SICKEST BIDDERIn the slums of this famous and infamous Colombian city, girls as young as 10 are sold to gangsters—and tourists—who want to take their virginity.
Sent Back To The Murder Capitol To Die
WORLDThe United States helped create the cauldron of cartel and gang violence in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. But it turns its back on those trying to escape.
Reagan’s Dirty Secret in Guatemala
HORROR STORIESHis genocidal campaign against the Maya in Guatemala’s highlands during the 1980s killed at least 70,000 people. But conservative Christians backed Ríos Montt to the bitter end.
Cubans Fleeing Castro While They Can
WORKAROUNDIf Cubans try to float to the U.S., they’re sent back. So they take a great circle route overland that eventually funnels them across the Mexican border illegally.