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Chicano Squad

Forty years ago, Houston's Latino community was plagued by discrimination, police violence and a gro

Episodes

Total: 13

Up Against the Mob is CAFE’s six-episode series, hosted by former prosecutor Elie Honig, that lifts

Whose Stories Get Told

2021/3/16

Forty years after it was founded, the Chicano Squad was almost completely forgotten. In our final ep

After twenty years, the Chicano Squad had an extraordinary 91% clearance rate. But there were some c

Bobby Gatewood used to be one of the Chicano Squad’s stars, until temptations led him to make bad ch

The Chicano Squad has handled cartels, kidnappings, and cop killers. But can they handle corruption

Little Girls Lost

2021/2/16

When two little girls go missing in Texas, only 11 days apart, it’s a race against the clock to brin

Officer Down

2021/2/9

Officer Jaime Escalante’s tenacious investigative style and work with confidential informants has ea

Cocaine Kings

2021/2/2

Just when the Squad has begun to make real headway against the murders plaguing Houston’s Latino nei

On their first day, the six Latino police officers who will become the Chicano Squad are handed a st

Growing up in the barrio, with brothers on the wrong side of the law, Cecil Mosqueda had every reaso

One Dollar for a Life

2021/1/12

When the officers involved in the drowning of José Campos Torres get off with little more than a sla

In 1977, the body of 23-year-old veteran José Campos Torres was discovered in the waters of Buffalo

Introducing Chicano Squad

2020/12/29

Five young officers. Hundreds of homicides. A city on the brink. Chicano Squad begins Tuesday, Janua