Todd Bensman has worked as a newspaper, television and magazine journalist for more than 20 years, domestically and overseas. He serves as an investigative projects reporter for Hearst Corporation’s The San Antonio Express-News, where he has earned national and regional recognition for work ranging from government corruption to border security.
A Juarez cop fled to Texas after drug cartels attacked him. Will a judge send him back?
A lawyer who represented a drug lord seeks asylum in the US, after being tortured in Mexico.
Drug organizations have been moving operations to countries in Africa and the Middle East.
Agents are headed to the border to combat smuggling — but they likely won't be able to the touch the retailers selling the guns.
Todd Bensman interviews a former Mexican soldier who changed sides, joining a drug cartel.
The number of confiscated weapons that originated in the US is on the rise.
After strengthening ties with other Latin American countries, Iran pushes for closer ties with Mexico.
US officials visit Texas in hopes of clamping down on the cross-border weapons pipeline.