By A Fontes on January 2016
Alfredo Corchado, Dallas Morning News Published: 08 January 2016 11:18 PM - Updated: 08 January 2016 11:20 PM While official U.S. reaction over Mexico’s recapture of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was positive, some experts took a more muted view on Friday. Some hope he will be extradited to the U.S., where he could face justice for crimes he’s committed on both sides of the border. Arturo Fontes, a former FBI agent who spent much of his 28 years with the agency tracking Guzman, called the arrest a “great day for both countries.” But he cautioned: “As long as he’s[...]
Read MoreBy A Fontes on November 2015
From Take Two 89.3 KPCC In wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris last week, protecting America’s borders once again dominates the headlines. And in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, immigration, too, is center stage. But protecting America’s border between the U.S. and Mexico isn’t a simple case of good versus bad. For some, protecting the line where north meets south is complicated. Thousands of border agents are both Mexican and American. Alfredo Corchado explores the political and emotional tug-of-war of these agents in a three-part series for New Yorker Magazine. It’s called "Faces from the Border." He[...]
Read MoreBy A Fontes on November 2015
By Alfredo Corchado, The New Yorker November 18, 2015 Along Highway 83, in South Texas, is a stretch of lonely land, a curving corridor dotted with abandoned villages and fast-food joints. One of the main arteries of the area known as Los Caminos del Río—the River Roads—cuts alongside the Rio Grande. The area is so isolated, and both sides look so similar, that at times one might have a hard time telling which is Mexico and which is the United States. On the U.S. side is Laredo. Founded in 1755, Laredo once served as the capital of the rebellious Republic[...]
Read MoreBy A Fontes on October 2015
Fontes International was on hand to assist with security when Donald Trump arrived in Texas on a private jet ahead of his border visit. View the video on NBC News.
Read MoreBy A Fontes on September 2015
Sep 09, 2015 MEXICO - Dan Maduri interviewing Arturo Fontes El Chapo's children have taken to Instagram to flaunt their robust lifestyle. This tactic has puzzled law enforcement who are now monitoring the pictures looking for clues to the location of the fugitive. Arturo Fontes is the FBI agent who tracked Juan El Chapo Guzman discusses: Listen to the original interview online.
Read MoreBy A Fontes on July 2015
July 7, 2015 - The Dallas Morning News by Alfredo Corchado Read the original article citing Arturo Fontes here. CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — In this border city across from El Paso, Mexican soldiers discovered and dismantled a car bomb this week in a highly populated neighborhood. The discovery came just days after the head of the Sinaloa cartel was captured in the state capital, Chihuahua City. Across the central Texas border near Laredo, thugs last month shot at a helicopter, apparently mistaking its occupants for Mexican marines. The personnel were members of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, and[...]
Read MoreBy A Fontes on July 2015
by Ginger Thompson ProPublica, July 20, 2015, 8 a.m. Over eggs at a San Antonio café, a reporter listens as former law enforcement officials and one ex-drug cartel operative swap theories about El Chapo’s latest escape and what it says about the U.S. and Mexico. This story was co-published with The Atlantic and ProPublica. The slight man at the breakfast table seemed more like an evangelical minister than someone who once brokered deals between Mexican drug lords and state governors. He wore a meticulously pressed button-down, a gold watch, gold-rimmed glasses, and a gold cross around his neck. His dark[...]
Read MoreBy A Fontes on July 2015
July 17, 2015 - MSNBC LIVE WITH JOSÉ DÍAZ-BALART Watch the interview online. Report: ‘El Chapo’ got 18-minute head start Former FBI agent Arturo Fontes joins José Díaz-Balart to talk about the latest efforts to track down Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán a week after he escaped from a maximum security prison in Mexico.
Read MoreBy A Fontes on July 2015
July 16, 2015 - The Takeaway with John Hackenberry Listen to Arturo Fontes Interviewed on The Takeaway Joaquin Guzman Loera, better known as El Chapo, broke out of his prison cell through a hatch in shower that led to a mile-long underground tunnel in an escape that highlights a deeply corrupted system. But he didn't do it alone. El Chapo could have had help from several sources inside and outside of the prison, says Arturo Fontes, a retired F.B.I agent who spent over a decade investigating El Chapo. Fontes says the escape demonstrates, in part, some of the weaknesses of[...]
Read MoreBy A Fontes on July 2015
Jul 16, 2013 - From HNGN.com By Charlie Connell View original story citing Arturo Fontes. Mexican marines were able to capture the kingpin of one of the most brutal drug cartels in Mexico, the Zetas, on Monday but experts are warning that the capture will do little to curb the violence that had terrified residents of Mexico's border-states, according to the Associated Press. Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, often known as "Z-40," was captured when he was stopped by Mexican authorities in both land vehicles and a helicopter. Authorities recovered $2 million in cash and nine guns with ample ammunition while[...]
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