Border

  • Dart Award Winner

    Yolanda's Crossing

    Jacinta Aguilar Borques bathes in the river in La Barra del Potrero, Mexico. At the same riv ...

    By Stella Chavez, Paul Meyer, and Lara Solt

    In rural Mexico , Yolanda Méndez Torres lived in a society where sexual violence against girls often goes unreported and unpunished. In America , she joined legions of undocumented abuse victims who have little hope of finding justice. This narrative series chronicles Yolanda's crossing between the two worlds. Originally published in The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX), in Dec., 2006.

  • Dart Award Honorable Mention

    Women of Juarez

    By Yvette Cabrera, Minerva Canto, and Rose Palmisano

    An eight-part series about survivors in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a community that has lost hundreds of women to unsolved murders in the past decade.  Originally published in the Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA), in 2004.

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