Alvaro Acosta, chief of one of the police forces in Mexico City, was arrested recently for hiring hit men to shoot municipal prosecutor Victor Hugo Moneda. Moneda, a prosecutor for the district attorney’s office of the capital city, was gunned down in December of 2008.

Hit man Darkin Emanuel Grimaldo Lopez was arrested and charged as one of the shooters and investigators say that information obtained from Grimaldo eventually led them back to Acosta. Acosta now stands accused of masterminding the murder of Moneda.

After the overwhelming response to the article about rape trees published last week, we decided to take a more in-depth look at the perils women face as they attempt to immigrate into America. The journey is dangerous—from the malevolent coyotes transporting their human cargo, to the harsh conditions faced in the desert—and many women are realistic about crossing the border.