Perla Trevizo, ProPublica

Perla Trevizo

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El Paso, TX, United States

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  • ProPublica
  • mySA
  • Texas Tribune
  • S.A. Express-News
  • Houston Chronicle
  • Defense One
  • GovExec
  • Arizona Daily Star
  • The Bismarck Tribune

Past articles by Perla:

Despite Decades of Mass Shootings in Texas, Legislators Have Failed to Pass Meaningful Gun Control Laws

State lawmakers have rejected dozens of bills that would have prevented people from legally obtaining weapons used in many mass shootings. Instead, they’ve made it easier for residents to get guns and harder for local governments to regulate them. → Read More

Justice Department tried to hide report warning that private border wall in Texas could collapse

The report confirms a ProPublica and Texas Tribune investigation that found the privately built fencing could collapse during major flooding. The federal government resisted making the findings public for more than a year. → Read More

Texas churches violated tax law ahead of Tuesday’s election, experts say

Churches in Texas invited Beto O’Rourke and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to speak to their congregations before the 2022 midterms, raising questions about the effectiveness of the Johnson Amendment. → Read More

Uvalde gunman nicknamed 'school shooter' year before killing 21

Salvador Ramos also had threatened a women, carried around a dead cat. → Read More

Justice Department is investigating Texas’ Operation Lone Star for alleged civil rights violations

This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. Also, sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Department of Justice is investigating alleged civil… → Read More

Justice Department is investigating Texas’ Operation Lone Star for alleged civil rights violations

Emails obtained by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica confirm that federal authorities are probing discrimination claims involving Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar border initiative. → Read More

Settlement reached over private border wall, but experts say it won’t stop the environmental damage

Federal authorities have reached a deal that gives builders of the privately funded fence... → Read More

Settlement reached over private border wall, but experts say it won’t stop the environmental damage

Federal authorities have reached a deal that gives builders of the privately funded fence control over where to inspect for damage and leeway over which issues they choose to repair. → Read More

Settlement Over Private Border Wall Won’t Stop Flooding or Erosion of Rio Grande Shoreline, Experts Say

Federal authorities have reached a deal that gives builders of the privately funded fence control over where to inspect for damage and leeway over which issues they choose to repair. → Read More

Problems remain for We Build the Wall group after founder’s guilty plea

Air Force veteran Brian Kolfage faces more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding donors to the private wall effort. → Read More

Reality Check: Seven Times Texas Leaders Misled the Public About Operation Lone Star

As they investigated Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border initiative, reporters repeatedly found situations where Abbott and DPS officials cited accomplishments that lacked crucial context or did not match reality. Here are a few examples. → Read More

Reality Check: Seven Times Texas Leaders Misled the Public About Operation Lone Star

As they investigated Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border initiative, reporters repeatedly found situations where Abbott and DPS officials cited accomplishments that lacked crucial context or did not match reality. Here are a few examples. → Read More

Texas has spent billions of dollars on border security. But what taxpayers got in return is a mystery.

Since 2005, Texas Govs. Rick Perry and Greg Abbott have launched a multitude of widely publicized and costly border initiatives, which usually kicked off during their reelection campaigns or while they were considering bids for higher office. → Read More

Gov. Greg Abbott brags about his border initiative. The evidence doesn’t back him up.

Arrests of U.S. citizens hundreds of miles from the border. Claiming drug busts from across the state. Changing statistics. The data that Texas leaders use to boast about Operation Lone Star raise more questions than answers. → Read More

U.S. plans new safety rules to crack down on carbon monoxide poisoning from portable generators

The announcement comes two months after an investigation by ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and NBC News detailed the deadly cost of the government’s failure to regulate portable generators. → Read More

Carbon Monoxide From Generators Poisons Thousands of People a Year. The U.S. Has Failed to Force Safety Changes.

Portable generators are among the deadliest consumer products. Two decades after the government identified the danger, and as climate change leads to more power outages, people are left vulnerable by a system that lets the industry regulate itself. → Read More

State Rep. Scott Sanford, a McKinney Republican, announces he'll retire at the end of his term

Sanford's announcement came a day before the Texas Legislature reconvenes for a third special session of 2021. → Read More

Texas must do more to effectively prevent carbon monoxide disasters, experts say

Months after the deadly gas killed at least 17 Texans during a massive winter storm, lawmakers have failed to take significant action to protect most of the state’s residents. → Read More

Inside an agonizing 3-hour wait for 911 response to carbon monoxide poisoning in Texas

Following a 911 call about a family that had fainted, first responders arrived at the... → Read More

How to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning in your home

Carbon monoxide is an odorless, tasteless, colorless gas that can cause serious injury or even death if inhaled in high quantities. Here’s how you can keep your home and family safe. → Read More