Multimedia Work
Seven years of sex abuse: How Mormon officials let it happen
The Associated Press has obtained nearly 12,000 pages of sealed records from a child sex abuse lawsuit against the Mormon church. The documents offer the most detailed and comprehensive look yet at the church's so-called “help line” for dealing with child sex abuse accusations against officials and members. Families of survivors who filed the lawsuit said they show it’s part of a system that can easily be misused by church leaders to divert abuse accusations away from law enforcement and instead to church attorneys who may bury the problem, leaving victims in harm’s way. One victim was 5 when her father told his bishop that he was sexually abusing her. The abuse went on for seven more years, while the bishop failed to report it to authorities.
Interactive: The Other Disappeared
This comprehensive, interactive multimedia series in Spanish and English tells the stories of those in and around Iguala, Mexico, who had lost family members to kidnappings and killings, living in a purgatory of silence for years, and their quest for answers and justice. Judges described “The Other Disappeared” as a “tour de force,” reported with “incredible depth, rigor and compassion." Originally published by The Associated Press between September - December, 2015. This project is a collaboration between Christopher Sherman, Eduardo Castillo and Dario Lopez-Mills.
Lobster divers risk injury, death in Honduras
PUERTO LEMPIRA, Honduras (AP) — Thousands of men across the Mosquitia region of Honduras and Nicaragua depend on lobster fishing to eke out a living. Hundreds have been stricken with the bends — decompression sickness caused when nitrogen bubbles form in divers’ bodies. Some are paralyzed. Some are killed.
With more than 60 percent of its 9 million people living in poverty, Honduras is one of the poorest countries in Latin America, and the Mosquitia is one of the most impoverished areas.
Photos by Rodrigo Abd. Video by Moises Castillo. Edited by Dario Lopez-Mills
7-decade passion for toys fills Mexico museum
Even as a child, Roberto Shimizu loved collecting things. So when his Japanese immigrant father opened a stationery and toy store in Mexico City in 1940, Shimizu began a lifelong quest to save and collect toys.
Honduras mother waits for migrant son missing en route to US
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Haydee Posadas had waited eight years for her son to come home. On the last night of her long vigil, she was too agitated to sleep.
Her son had fled Honduras for the U.S. in 2010 in part because of gang threats, just as thousands are doing today in the migrant caravans headed north, including men from the same neighborhood. But en route in Mexico, again like so many others, Wilmer Gerardo Nunez disappeared into the vortex of drug violence that he was trying to escape in the first place. Left in limbo, his anguished mother prayed for an answer.
Photos by Moises Castillo. Video by XXX. Edited by Dario Lopez-Mills
Venezuela Exodus
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Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria
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Women Behind Bars
A Tennessee jail in a remote corner of Appalachia offers an agonizing glimpse into how the tidal wave of opioids and methamphetamines has ravaged America. Addiction is driving skyrocketing rates of incarcerated women. Photos and video by David Goldman. Promotional video edited by Dario Lopez-Mills
Brazil Military Intervention
Brazil’s President Michel Temer order the military to patrol the streets of Rio de Janeiro amid rising crime. Photos and video by AP staff in Brazil. Promotional video edited by Dario Lopez-Mills
Brazil Mine Collapse
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The latest on the deadly collapse of a dam at a Brazil iron ore mining complex. A Brazilian official says the number of confirmed deaths from last Friday’s collapse of a dam at an iron ore mine has risen to 110 from 99. Lt. Flavio Godinho of the Minas Gerais state civil defense agency said Thursday that 238 people are listed as missing. Promotional video edited by Dario Lopez-Mills.
Guatemala Volcano Eruption
ESQUINTLA (AP) — Guatemala’s Volcan de Fuego, or "Volcano of Fire," has erupted in Escuintla, Guatemala. The fiery volcanic eruption in south-central Guatemala killed scores as rescuers struggled to reach people where homes and roads were charred and blanketed with ash. Promotional video edited by Dario Lopez-Mills.
Venezuela River Scavengers
CARACAS (AP) — Desperate to earn a living in a crumbling economy, a surge of men has turned to the bottom of the Guaire, a polluted river that runs the distance of Venezuela’s capital city. A good day of scouring the rocks and gravel by hand can turn up an ear ring backing, lost ring or any bit of precious metal they can cash in to buy food. Scavengers say they’re mindful of deadly flash floods but ignore long-term health impacts of wading every day into the churning toxic water. Promotional video edited by Dario Lopez-Mills.
Argentina Zoo
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — A giraffe and a rhinoceros recently died at the former Buenos Aires zoo and conservationists say that's the latest sign of a poorly planned attempt by the city to turn the 140-year-old zoo into a park and relocate most of its 1,500 animals. A former zoo director has filed a lawsuit demanding an investigation, arguing that a lack of resources and the stress from construction works at the site contributed to the deaths. Photos by Natacha Pisarenko, video by Paul Byrne. Edited by Dario Lopez-Mills.
360 Video
A 360 VR video onboard the USCGC Stratton while patrolling the Pacific Ocean in search of drug smugglers.
A video I produced to accompany a gallery of haunting images by Rodrigo Abd that was a part of a story about fishermen trying to make a living in the oil-polluted waters of Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. Read story here.
A series of twitter promo videos using the portraits shot by David Goldman for a photo essay that ran with a story about clergy sex abuse on Guam. Also, an explainer about the influence of the Catholic church in the Pacific island of Guam. Read story here.