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Reporter’s Notebook: The Border Creates Tragedy by Design. New from The Border Chronicle🦂 The dread and promise of the border: a photo essay from Nogales, Sonora, that is also a meditation on the the tragedy in San Antonio. theborderchronicle.com/p/reporters-no…

Wonderful op-ed from ⁦Romain Le Cour⁩. As long as we (blame the cartels for everything nothing will change. That includes violence against reporters, politicians, and migrants. washingtonpost.com/es/post-opinio…

Un capitán de Marina fue acusado por la FGR de participar en la desaparición de un joven de 14 años en Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Aunque el juez cree que la Armada es responsable, no procesó al oficial. Los detalles en este trabajo de N+Focus NMás

Very excited for Andy Kroll's A DEATH ON W STREET to land in my mailbox Andy is a phenomenal storyteller, and somehow an equally kind friend who always makes time to talk through ideas. Preorder your copy to support good journalism... and good people! hachettebookgroup.com/titles/andy-kr…

After Years of Tribal Resistance, DHS Finishes its “Virtual Wall” on the Tohono O’odham Nation "You never know when you’re being watched,” said a resident. New at The Border Chronicle 🦂theborderchronicle.com/p/after-years-…

A little tease here for what will surely be a fascinating book. Can’t wait to get mine.

When outlets like The New York Times criticize AMLO's Hugs Not Bullets strategy, they don't include how the military has expanded under his rule, its budget has grown, its reach increased. If anything, criticize him for tripling down on a failed 15-year military war eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/catali…

Look what came in the mail Andy Kroll Deeply reported and superbly written nonfiction might not be Rooster’s cup of tea, but I’m very excited to dig in.

Some seriously weird stuff happening in Tamaulipas as Fco. Cabeza de Vaca seeks new creatively corrupt heights to hold onto power… from El Parece

I think AMLO really believed he could bring peace with "hugs not bullets" but amid policy failures and brutal reality, he turned to militarization. The tragedy is he has failed to quell violence while creating a military-industrial complex. My deepdive: ioangrillo.substack.com/p/what-is-the-…

Years after Azam Ahmed’s break-through reporting of Mex government’s use of spyware #Pegasus to monitor human rights defenders, activists and journalists… The wheel has come around again. Mexican govt under AMLO continued in the tradition… anayansi diaz-cortes

The The Citizen Lab confirms what many already suspected. The Mexican government hacked the phone of human rights activist Raymundo Ramos, who is trying to hold the military accountable for killing innocent civilians. proceso.com.mx/nacional/2022/…

EX MILITARES RUSOS HABRÍAN ADIESTRADO A AUTODEFENSAS DE GUERRERO xpectrofm.com/ex-militares-r…

"Journalist Todd Miller's new book ponders a world without borders" mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/book-a… Todd Miller @MelissaLaLinea #México #mexiconewsdaily #mexico #mexiconews #newsinmexico #USMexico #borderpolicy #USborderpolicy #books #nonfictionbooks #nonfiction #nonfictionnovember

This The Atlantic piece is annoyingly myopic. AMLO deserves plenty criticism—the INE overhaul, vilifying any opposition voice, expanding the military. But this ignores any past and hangs decades of ills on one person as if he’d conjured it from nothing. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

The Mex military in Nuevo Laredo killed 6 young men who were under arrest, and when Raymundo Ramos and others arrived the soldiers fired their guns, beat up civilians, then popped a few rounds at their feet. Here’s the video.