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. She has a master’s in public health from Texas A&M University and a master’s in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin.

Observer Panel at SXSW Interactive: Tweeting the Drug War (Video)Mar 14, 2013
What can the most censored state in Mexico teach others about freedom of expression during a devastating drug war? Full Story

Former Brownsville Mayor Pat Ahumada Busted In Internet Sweepstakes Parlor RaidJun 10, 2013
In early May, police raided Pat Ahumada's eight-liner establishment, carting away 200 computers and escorting the former mayor out in handcuffs. Full Story
A Photojournalist Who Fled Mexico is Granted AsylumJun 07, 2013
One year ago, 31-year-old photojournalist Miguel Angel Lopez Solana fled Mexico because he no longer felt safe in his homeland. His father, the noted [...] Full Story
Lawsuit Claims Woman’s Deportation was a Death SentenceJun 06, 2013
The U.S. government deported 387,790 people in 2009, one of them a frightened 22-year-old victim of domestic abuse known, in a lawsuit filed Wednesday, [...] Full Story
Exclusive: The Man Behind Hidalgo County’s Biggest Law Enforcement ScandalMay 28, 2013
For more than six months, Miguel Flores lived a double life. In his day job, he was a narcotics investigator for the Hidalgo County [...] Full Story
Border Communities Living in Limbo While Congress DithersMay 17, 2013
In early May, Ruben Villarreal, Mayor of Rio Grande City, channeled the frustration of many residents in Starr and Hidalgo counties, where a proposed [...] Full Story

Opposing the Border WallOct 14, 2011
In 2007, before the Department of Homeland Security could bulldoze the first plot of land to build a wall along the U.S. border with [...] Full Story
Clone on the RangeSep 14, 2011
On February 22, 1997, scientists in Scotland stunned the world. They announced they had successfully cloned an animal in an Edinburgh laboratory—a lamb they [...] Full Story
Clone on the RangeSep 14, 2011
On February 22, 1997, scientists in Scotland stunned the world. They announced they had successfully cloned an animal in an Edinburgh laboratory—a lamb they [...] Full Story
Helping Victims Escape Domestic ViolenceSep 02, 2011
Shailey Gupta-Brietzke first became passionate about aiding survivors of domestic violence 10 years ago, while volunteering at a women’s shelter during college. It was [...] Full Story
Can a Grieving Poet’s Movement for Peace Save Mexico?Jul 06, 2011
On a broiling mid-June afternoon in Juarez, Javier Sicilia stepped on to a makeshift stage in a downtown park to address at least 2,000 [...] Full Story