County Attorney Edward Rheinheimer, who’s practiced here for 20 years, has seen more than half a dozen cases involving border patrol agents fatally shooting people. He’s taken only one of them to trial. Twice it ended in a hung jury. Read More »

County Attorney Edward Rheinheimer, who’s practiced here for 20 years, has seen more than half a dozen cases involving border patrol agents fatally shooting people. He’s taken only one of them to trial. Twice it ended in a hung jury. Read More »
Castro claims the agent, Abel Canales, beat him, hurled insults at him and then shot him in the side before riding away. He says he waited in the desert for an hour and a half, bleeding through his clothes, thinking about his children and preparing himself for death. Read More »
Roxana Popescu, a reporter with inewsource, talks to KPBS about her "Deadly Patrols" report. Read More »
Civilian deaths at the hands of U.S. Border Patrol agents are increasing even though illegal immigration and assaults against agents are down. This was the conclusion of a months-long investigation by nonprofit media organizations into incidents in three border states. Read More »
Reporter Roxana Popescu talks about the reporting behind "Deadly Patrols," and the difficulties in prosecuting law enforcement. Read More »
inewsource reporter Roxana Popescu talks about "rockings" along the border of Mexico. Read More »
A behind the scenes look at the reporting for the upcoming inewsource and KPBS project "Deadly Patrols," a story about the increasing number of fatalities due to Customs and Border Protection agents. Read More »