Hipolito Acosta

Photograph by Michael D. Moore

About The Author

Hipolito Acosta is the most highly decorated officer in the history of the U.S. Immigration and Nationalization Service. The son of Mexican-American migrant workers, Acosta rose through the ranks from Border Patrol Agent to a key position in the Department of Homeland Security. Acosta and his wife live in Texas.

Series by the Author

Books by Hipolito Acosta

El cazador de sombras

Un agente de los Estados Unidos infiltra los mortales carteles criminales de México

By Hipolito Acosta
With Lisa Pulitzer
The Spanish edition of The Shadow Catcher: a firsthand look inside U.S. undercover operations targeting the immigrant smuggling, counterfeiting, and drug rings of Mexico’s dangerous mafia.
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The Shadow Catcher

A U.S. Agent Infiltrates Mexico's Deadly Crime Cartels

By Hipolito Acosta
With Lisa Pulitzer
Living under an assumed identity and risking his life were all in a day’s work for U.S. Government Agent Hipolito Acosta. He worked regularly in high-stakes undercover operations infiltrating Mexico’s murderous immigrant smuggling rings and drug cartels.

Acosta’s investigations are legend...
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