Prosecution of Top Mexican Security Official Exposes the Facade of the Drug War
The architect of Mexico’s bloody drug war and close ally of U.S. intelligence officials stands accused of taking millions from El Chapo.
Ryan Devereaux
Ryan Devereaux is an award-winning investigative journalist and Type Media Center fellow covering immigration enforcement, national security and the environment.
He was a lead reporter on The Intercept’s award-winning series “The Drone Papers,” and winner of the 2017 Online Journalism Award for best feature writing for a small newsroom. In 2020, Devereaux received the Deadline Club’s top prize for feature reporting for “Bodies in the Borderlands,” a yearlong investigation into the criminalization of humanitarian aid in the Sonoran Desert, and in 2023 he shared an Edward R. Murrow award for feature reporting for his coverage of Arizona’s illegal dumping of shipping containers as an ad hoc border barrier on protected public lands. He has reported extensively on the drug war in Mexico, the war on terror, and the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to The Intercept, Devereaux worked at The Guardian US covering policing in New York City.
His forthcoming book, “The Hunt: A True Story of Resurrection and Retribution in the West,” from Avid Reader Press, will be published in 2026. He is based in Tucson, Arizona.
He was a lead reporter on The Intercept’s award-winning series “The Drone Papers,” and winner of the 2017 Online Journalism Award for best feature writing for a small newsroom. In 2020, Devereaux received the Deadline Club’s top prize for feature reporting for “Bodies in the Borderlands,” a yearlong investigation into the criminalization of humanitarian aid in the Sonoran Desert, and in 2023 he shared an Edward R. Murrow award for feature reporting for his coverage of Arizona’s illegal dumping of shipping containers as an ad hoc border barrier on protected public lands. He has reported extensively on the drug war in Mexico, the war on terror, and the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to The Intercept, Devereaux worked at The Guardian US covering policing in New York City.
His forthcoming book, “The Hunt: A True Story of Resurrection and Retribution in the West,” from Avid Reader Press, will be published in 2026. He is based in Tucson, Arizona.
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Targeting Iran
U.S. Border Agency Says It's Not Singling Out Iranians. This Family Waited 11 Hours and Was Asked About Iranian Heritage.
At a border crossing with Canada, Customs and Border Protection made dozens of families with Iranian heritage wait for hours to enter the U.S.
Filmmakers Sue to Shield Visitors to U.S. From Social Media Vetting
The lawsuit challenges U.S. visa registration policies that require disclosure of social media handles used over the past five years on 20 platforms.
"We Are Still Here": Native Activists in Arizona Resist Trump's Border Wall
In the heart of the Sonoran Desert, a coalition of borderlands residents are fighting to preserve sacred lands.
The War on Immigrants
Humanitarian Volunteer Scott Warren Reflects on the Borderlands and Two Years of Government Persecution
A jury found Scott Warren not guilty in the government’s second attempt to lock him up for providing humanitarian aid on the border in Arizona.
Climate Crimes
Everything So Far Has Failed: Why Exxon Mobil Is Being Taken to Court Over Climate Change
A New York trial marks the first in a wave of court cases seeking to hold the fossil fuel industry to account for the climate emergency.
The War on Immigrants
Government Doesn't Want Trump or His Immigration Policies Mentioned in Retrial of Border Aid Worker Scott Warren
A new poll shows that most Americans oppose criminalizing aid, a reality U.S. attorneys hope to keep out of the Arizona courtroom where Warren is on trial.
The War on Immigrants
How an Occupy ICE Activist and DACA Recipient Was Deported for Tweeting
An undocumented teenager protesting Trump’s deportation regime got deported by ICE. The FBI helped.
FBI and San Francisco Police Have Been Lying About Scope of Joint Counterterrorism Investigations, Document Suggests
An FBI white paper reveals how the bureau’s loose rules directly undermined San Francisco’s law and policy.
The War on Immigrants
U.S. Border Agencies Continue to Harass Immigrant Rights Advocates. The ACLU Is Suing.
A lawsuit alleges the Trump administration’s border enforcement agencies illegally and unconstitutionally exploited their border enforcement authorities.