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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 […]

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

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.

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

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

by Ginger ThompsonProPublica, 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

July 17, 2015 – MSNBC LIVE WITH JOSÉ DÍAZ-BALART Watch the interview online. Report: ‘El Chapo’ got 18-minute head startFormer 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.

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