Exclusive: The Man Behind Hidalgo County’s Biggest Law Enforcement Scandal
For more than six months, Miguel Flores lived a double life. In his day job, he was a narcotics investigator for the Hidalgo County [...]
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Border Entrepreneurs Have a Rough Time Raising Capital
A 2011 Venture Capital Census of nearly 600 venture capitalists found that 87 percent of all respondents identified as white, with fewer than 2 percent identifying as Latino. Eighty-nine percent were men.
Cartels, Drugs and Money
Mexico’s drug war is enriching Texas border communities in more ways than one. Not only have wealthy Mexican business owners invested in the region, local law enforcement is benefiting from millions in assets seized from drug traffickers.