En Miami y Honduras, el fraude financiero de la pandemia // Pandemic financial fraud
Contra Corriente, July 2020. With Jennifer Ávila. In English here. La pandemia cayó al mundo del fraude. La compra de los hospitales móviles y otras irregularidades en el manejo de … Continue reading
All the President’s Trolls // Los mercenarios digitales de Ecuador
Rest of World, June 2020. En español aquí. Luisana Aguilar Alvarado contributed reporting. It was early October 2019, and Quito was on fire. Smoke from Molotov cocktails and tear … Continue reading
José Ángel Flores: Paramilitaries and African Palm in Honduras
June 2020, available here. From the book, Faces of Assassination, published by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. On 20 December 2013, José Ángel Flores Menjivar wrote the list. The … Continue reading
Marcelo Rivera: Mining, Water and Organized Crime in El Salvador
June 2020, available here. From the book, Faces of Assassination, published by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. When he was a teenager, Miguel Ángel Rivera joined his older brother, … Continue reading
Abusive policing from Chicago to El Salvador
The Chicago Reader, February 2020. With The Invisible Institute. Officer Salvador Enrique Chavez stood ready to apprehend a colleague accused of murder. It was December 29, 2017. The 40-year-old was … Continue reading
Risks of union organizing in Honduras and El Salvador
Equal Times, March 2020. En español, français. Photographs by Martín Cálix. On an average day, Joel Almendares is counselling Honduran middle and high school students about how to excel in … Continue reading
Al interior del complot para asesinar a Berta Cáceres // Inside the Plot to Kill a Honduran Activist
The Intercept, Diciembre 2019. In English here. Leia em português. Con Chiara Eisner. Ya pasaron más de tres años desde que Berta Cáceres fue asesinada en su casa en Honduras. … Continue reading
The Criminal Age // Tiempo de crímenes
Contra Corriente, Oct 2019, New York. En español aquí. With Jennifer Ávila. A trial in New York reveals narco control in Honduras *This article has been amended since its … Continue reading
In Mexico, where the bodies are buried // Drones sobrevuelan tierras de fosas
The Verge, May 2019. En español en Periodistas de a Pie. Photography by Ximena Natera, with reporting support from Miguel Ángel León Carmona. Mexico’s drug war has left tens of … Continue reading
Leaving the Battlefield
The Intercept, November 2018. There are an estimated 60,000 gang members in El Salvador. Benjamin knew many who wanted to leave the gangs. He wanted to show them it was … Continue reading
