Miami New Times Best Investigations of 2012: A Wrongly Charged Boxer, Corrupt Mayors and Bogus Pot Busts
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In the shadowy world of snitches, Bosco Enriquez was one of the most useful to Miami police, dangerously using his ties to the deadly International Posse as a 15-year-old. But editor Chuck Strouse's three-part series (which continues here and here) showed how police abandoned the teenager to brutal beatings, prison rapes and deportation after he was no longer useful.
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Michael E. Miller's investigation of one of Florida's premiere race tracks painted an ugly picture of the modern horse racing industry: The tracks most-winning jockey had been busted dozens of times for doping his horses and lawsuits alleged mass fixes by owners and trainers, and a federal case sent two men to prison over a $5 million fraud at the course.
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