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Protected: Ileya

By Adedayo Agarau

Protected: There are nights that escape

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Protected: This is War

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Protected: Death’s night won’t come gently

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Francisco Cantú

Francisco Cantú is a translator and nonfiction author. A frequent contributor to Guernica, his work can also be found in Best American Essays 2016, Ploughshares, and Orion. He is the 2017 Whiting Award–winning author of The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border.
Commentary Politics

Donald Trump, Illusion of Convenience

By Juan Villoro and Francisco Cantú June 16, 2016

The acclaimed Mexican writer explains why Donald Trump is a welcome distraction for the government of Mexico.

The Boundaries of Nations Commentary ConflictPoliticsTravel & Adventure

Mission Trail

By Francisco Cantú and Nika Kaiser December 14, 2015

Boundaries of Nations: In the borderlands of northern Mexico, a legacy of violence.

Commentary Americas

Violence-Meter

By Juan Villoro and Francisco Cantú June 4, 2015

The acclaimed Mexican author confronts the normalization of violence.

Commentary AmericasPolitics

Dark Work on the Border

By Francisco Cantú October 22, 2014

Remembering the late journalist Charles Bowden, who chronicled the depths of the violence consuming Mexico.

Report Conflict

A Massacre, Recurring

By Francisco Cantú April 30, 2014

In Shadows at Dawn, historian Karl Jacoby uses a single moment of bloodshed to examine the persistence of violence in the U.S./Mexico borderlands.

Report ConflictEuropeJustice

Refuge, Part III

By Francisco Cantú. Illustration by Michael Hirshon. October 18, 2013
Part 1: How a system of neglect endangered the lives of asylum seekers in the Netherlands.
Report ConflictEuropeJustice

Refuge, Part II

By Francisco Cantú. Illustration by Michael Hirshon. October 17, 2013
Part 2, Presence: Exploring life and death amongst asylum seekers whose applications were rejected by the Dutch government in this second part of a three-part series.
Report ConflictEuropeJustice

Refuge, Part I

By Francisco Cantú and Michael Hirshon October 16, 2013
Part 1, Reception: Asylum seekers face red-tape, indifference, and murder in the first of a three-part series on the Dutch asylum system.
Commentary AmericasPolitics

Ventana

By Francisco Cantú August 8, 2013

A former Border Patrol agent recalls his first encounter with a body in the desert.

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