La Frontera

Weaving above, below, and across the U.S.-Mexico border over the course of a year, a photographer captures the violence and trauma of a deadly drug war and those caught in its crossfire.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY LOUIE PALU | JANUARY 2, 2013

A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officer leafs through photographs of various species of insects that are considered threats to U.S. agriculture and forests at the Columbia port of entry west of Laredo, Texas.

 

Louie Palu is a Schwartz fellow at the New America Foundation.