U.S. Customs and Border Protection

After battling Castro, James Cason takes on Coral Gables

Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum

A report from Juarez, the bleeding front line of the war on drugs

Chinese drywall has screwed thousands of South Florida homeowners

Dwyane's Disaster

The Miami Heat superstar sure picked a dubious business partner.

Dwyane Wade Files Libel Suit Against Ex-Business Partner

Wade and Von Houtman in better times.Hey, remember back in April when Dwyane Wade's former business partner Richard von Houtman unleashed a Riptide smear tirade against the Miami Heat superstar?Von Houtman, one of Wade's partners in the thwarted D Wade's Place restaurant chain, cast Wade as a naive ... More >>

Vamos a Cuba!

Join us as we try to hitch a ride to the island before the gold rush strikes.

Border Patrol in Little Havana?

Artist makes mobile art of the immigrant's plight.

The Deadly Road Through Mexico

When Cubans leave their homeland, things can get lots worse.

Slime and Schemes Simmer in Surfside

John Davis is a cop who won’t stop

Masterpiece Theater, Part Two

Javier Lumbreras, bon vivant, art collector, and defendant, struts his stuff at the Bass

Crash of an Icon

Once a lifeline and a symbol, Chalk's delivered death

Osama’s Thug

Jose Padilla is (a) a punk; (b) a terrorist in training; (c) an unwitting pawn for Uncle Sam and al-Qaeda; or (d) all of the above

Terrorist or Trickster

Did a career criminal foil a potentially catastrophic attack on Miami? Or was I just duped?

Letters from the Issue of October 13, 2005

Did a career criminal foil a potentially catastrophic attack on Miami? Or was I just duped?

Between Something and Nothing

Cocaine case no-actioned; pigeons are rats with wings

Maritime Vigilantes

South Florida citizens take homeland defense into their own hands with Operation On Guard

Murdered in Havana

After the Catholic Church banished him, Cuba welcomed him. But the vibrant new life George Zirwas created for himself soon ended in tragic death.

Admitting Terror, Part 3

Four more cases of egregious ineptitude at the Immigration and Naturalization Service

Life in the Secret Service

For Patrick Cruise it was a life of hounding, harassment, and humiliation

Double Exposure

If you believe NBC 6, he's an unethical businessman who exploits the poor. If you believe him, NBC 6 tossed ethics aside in a desperate bid for ratings

Elian Plus One

An INS agent discloses blatant anti-Cuban sentiment surrounding last year's raid, and apparent attempts at a coverup. The result? He's threatened.

What Spies Beneath

Okay, so they really were spying for Cuba, but not in a bad way

Inside the Wasp's Nest

In the cloak-and-dagger world of a Cuban chief spook, Puerto Rican music magazines, wet beepers, and pregnancies can cause unexpected turbulence

According to Granma

Threats and Violence Lead to Tragedy

Carnival? Try Criminal

What happens when a female passenger is assaulted on a cruise ship? Not much.

Holy Rollers

To keep X-craved Miami Beach raving, Hasidic teenagers smuggled in pills by the hundreds of thousands

We're Number Gun

Miami's own Taurus International Firearms is taking aim at the competition

Chairmen of the Outboard

A 50-year-old Biscayne Bay institution builds a dock to the 21st Century

In Pursuit of Willy and Sal

When infamous drug smugglers Falcon and Magluta won the first round, prosecutors vowed revenge. This time it's personal.

Nice Indictment, Nobody Home

When there's a huge drug trial in Miami and no one watches it, does it even matter?

Alpha Males

Forty years after Castro's revolution, the men of Alpha 66 talk tough but sometimes snooze

Baba's Big Bucks

African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko opened his checkbook and stole Miami's heart. Not surprisingly, that wasn't the only thing he stole.

The Baba Chronicles, Part 2

African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko opened his checkbook and stole Miami's heart. Not surprisingly, that wasn't the only thing he stole.

The Rise and Fall of Miamiland

Way back in 1998 the citizens of Dade County rose up and declared themselves an independent republic. Then the hangover hit.

The Baba Chronicles

For some people, African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko was a dream come true. For others he was a nightmare.

Now Departing

Two parts pragmatism and one part nostalgia keep Miami's last propeller-driven cargo planes skimming the skies

Rough Diamond

A Cuban embezzler built it, anti-Batista guerrillas trained in it, Nicaraguan refugees lived in it, and Frank Robinson played baseball in it. Now somebody has to step to the plate and save Bobby Maduro Miami Stadium.

They've Been Workin' on the Railroad

For a hundred years the FEC Railway has been chugging up and down Florida's east coast. The next hundred years shouldn't be much different.

The Impossible Victory

The feds spent years building their case against drug kingpins Willy Falc centsn and Sal Maglutaa. Life in prison was assured. Too bad the jury didn't see it that way.

Our Garbage, Ourselves

Scaling Mount Trashmore, sorting through the clues to the mystery of everyday life

UpAgainst the Wall, Sparkplug-head!

Either the feds mistakenly raided their auto parts shop, or the Senorans family has been sniffing too much Armor-All

The Bad Karma Motel

The owner just wants out. The informant's cover has been blown. The defense lawyer is always on the offensive. In the war to spiff up Biscayne Boulevard's low-rent motels, the case of the Camelot Inn is the strangest battle yet.

The One That Didn't Get Away

A National Marine Fisheries Service scientist hooks some big violations

Mosaic of a Murder

Raul Rodriguez said he killed a man during a 1991 holdup at Malaga restaurant. At his trial this spring, the jury didn't see it that way.

Winning Wasn't Everything

Jim Dougherty exposed insurance fraud for Lloyd's of London -- until they concluded the Miami Beach lawyer had overbilled them by millions. Now the U.S. attorney is involved and things have turned very ugly, indeed.

Mad Dog Bites No More

In the latest twist to the Bangkok Six orangutan-smuggling case, Matthew Block's flamboyant defense lawyer takes his own life

Last Writes

Some suicide notes are short, some tell a more detailed story. They all have unhappy endings.

The Look of a Warrior

Tony Bryant is a black militant, a hijacker, a survivor of Cuban prisons, and a Castro-hating commando. And don't you forget it.

River Rats

Tony Bryant is a black militant, a hijacker, a survivor of Cuban prisons, and a Castro-hating commando. And don't you forget it.