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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 MATANZA

The 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.

Anna-Cat Brigida | Published Dec 10, 2019

The Central Americans Washington, D.C. Can’t Live Without

TWIN CITIES

Legal 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?

Anna-Cat Brigida | Published Jun 29, 2018

Amid the Rubble of Mexico’s Big Quake, Many Helping Hands

SHAKEN

It 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.

Anna-Cat Brigida | Published Sep 20, 2017

The Baddest Cartel Boss of Buenos Aires

DON’T CRY FOR HIM

It took almost two decades and three previous arrests, but it looks like ‘Marcos’ may finally be in jail for good.

Anna-Cat Brigida | Published Feb 11, 2017

The Gangs Selling Virgins to Tourists

SOLD TO THE SICKEST BIDDER

In 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.

Anna-Cat Brigida | Published Mar 19, 2016

Sent Back To The Murder Capitol To Die

WORLD

The 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.

Anna-Cat Brigida | Published Feb 07, 2016

Reagan’s Dirty Secret in Guatemala

HORROR STORIES

His 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.

Anna-Cat Brigida | Published Jan 15, 2016

Cubans Fleeing Castro While They Can

WORKAROUND

If 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.

Anna-Cat Brigida | Published Dec 10, 2015