Must reads: Texas watchdog journalism roundup for July 9, 2017
Investigative stories across Texas that uncovered hidden facts and held officials accountable.
Lack of sharing, limited resources impede identification of migrant remains | San Antonio Express-News
“Funded by a grant from the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, reporter Aaron Nelsen and photographer Julysa Sosa traveled more than 3,000 miles for three weeks chronicling a caravan of Central American mothers and other family members on a heart-wrenching journey: trying to find out what happened to their loved ones, who disappeared while making the dangerous trek to the United States. But many are denied even the bitter closure of burial because lack of shared DNA databases, international conflicts and shifting immigration policies are preventing the identification of an untold number of remains.” Story by Aaron Nelsen Read more …
