Michael Marizco

Michael Marizco is a freelance journalist and editor of BorderReporter.com, investigating and covering issues in the Mexico-U.S. border regions. He has reported extensively on the killings of migrants, and for the last several years has been investigating the cases of missing and murdered Mexican reporters.

He was formerly border reporter for the Arizona Daily Star, covering immigration, national security, politics and government agencies in both Mexico and the US and investigating child smuggling, the under-reporting of immigrant deaths and other issues. He has won a Casey Medal, a Unity Award and several APME awards, among others.