KRWG Public Media has learned that Richard Parker was found deceased in his home Thursday after missing a planned book launch/signing event. El Paso Matters President and CEO Bob Moore told KRWG he called police to conduct a welfare check when no one had heard from Parker for 24 hours. Emily Guerra recently spoke with Parker about his book.
Las Cruces, NM – On this edition of PUENTES a la comunidad, bridges to the community, host Emily Guerra spoke with El Paso native, award-winning journalist and author, Richard Parker, son of an American father and Mexican mother with roots in both cultures. He was inspired by the 2019 Walmart massacre in El Paso, Texas to write his new book - “The Crossing: El Paso, the Southwest, and America’s Forgotten Origin Story.” Parker says El Paso is the crossroads of Indigenous America. www.richardparkerswest.com
