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Between the Barrio and the Badge
Season 1 · Episode 3

Between the Barrio and the Badge

With unsolved homicides in the barrios on the rise, the Houston Police Department needs officers that can regain the trust of the Latino community. Officers like Cecil Mosqueda.

Chicano Squad · Vox Media Podcast Network

January 19, 202149m 49sExplicit

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Show Notes

Growing up in the barrio, with brothers on the wrong side of the law, Cecil Mosqueda had every reason to distrust the police. He became a cop to try and show his family there was a different way. But in the wake of José Campos Torres’ death, his loyalties to his community and his brothers in blue will be tested like never before.


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