Melissa del Bosque

Melissa del Bosque is a longtime border journalist, investigations editor at Lighthouse Reports, and cofounder of The Border Chronicle.

Stalking Horse

Inside a rookie FBI agent’s quest to take down a brutal drug cartel’s American horse-racing empire.

Staff discovered workers with chainsaws on the center's private sanctuary clearing the way for Trump’s border wall in South Texas.

If the levee wall is constructed, it will essentially destroy the refuge, a federal official told the Observer.

New iris-scanning technology used along the U.S.-Mexico border could exacerbate racial profiling.

After a decade of living in the shadow of the border wall, people in the Rio Grande Valley are ready to move on. But Donald Trump has other plans.

“Every time they murder journalists, my heart hurts because I think of their families,” Miguel Lopez Solana said.

President Donald Trump isn't alone in his desire to renegotiate the trade agreement, but his motives are skewed, critics say.

Lawyers from across the country are volunteering to help landowners fight federal condemnation cases.

The law enforcement agencies, mostly in rural South Texas and along the coast, have applied to enroll in the 287(g) agreement.

“This is going to start legal fights and the courtrooms are already overloaded,” the Texas congressman said of a brewing eminent domain battle.