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Craig Pyes

Craig Pyes is the senior correspondent at the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) and is a long-time contributor to the Los Angeles Times. Will Evans, who is with CIR, contributed reporting to this article.

(Un)Covering the Death Squads in El Salvador

On the 30th anniversary of the brutal assassination of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, a veteran reporter looks back at some extraordinary and daring close-in coverage that was spurred by personal…

August 27, 2012

Military Barriers Impede a Newspaper’s Investigation

When the Los Angeles Times set out to tell how two Afghans held in U.S. military custody died, its efforts to report the story met resistance at every twist and…

March 15, 2007