Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Is the Border Patrol Out of Control?
In March, a Honduran woman, her 14-year-old daughter and another teenage girl crossed the border in Texas. When they turned themselves into border patrol agent Esteban Manzanares, he should’ve taken them to a holding facility. Instead, he raped all three women. Manzanares had already been flagged for misconduct before the assaults.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readIn March, a Honduran woman, her 14-year-old daughter and another teenage girl crossed the border in Texas. When they turned themselves into border patrol agent Esteban Manzanares, he should’ve taken them to a holding facility. Instead, he raped all three women. Manzanares had already been flagged for misconduct before the assaults. Why wasn’t he punished? A new story in Politico Magazine says his story speaks to systemic problems within the Border Patrol.
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- 41:13Scott Walker Race
The full episode
3 of 5California’s Most Expensive Political Race and Out-of-Control Border Control- 0:00Big Money Flows to Obscure Education Race
- 7:54The Power of Attack Ads in Judicial Races
- 16:10Is the Border Patrol Out of Control?You’re reading this
- 26:12Tales from the Campaign Trail
- 41:13Scott Walker Race