Most recently, Hipolito Acosta served as District Director of the Office of U.S.
Citizenship & Immigration Services under the Department of Homeland Security in Houston, Texas. During
this time, Hipolito Acosta managed the reorganization of hundreds of employees of the legacy I&NS office into the new
model established under the Department of Homeland Security.
Hipolito Acosta is the recipient of many awards, including the Newton-Azrak Award,
the highest recognition given by the U.S. Border Patrol for bravery and heroism in the line of duty as well as recognition
from the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Marshals, Secret Service, the Department of Justice, U.S. Customs and other
federal agencies. He was responsible for infiltrating and breaking up some of the most notorious alien
smuggling, drug trafficking and counterfeit document vending operations encountered by the U.S. government during his career.
His success in these endeavors have been featured on ABC News Nightline with Ted
Koppel, Fox News Latino, 48 Hours, Univision Television and other national news programs.” Hipolito
Acosta is the author of The Shadow Catcher: A U.S. Agent Infiltrates Mexico's Deadly Crime Cartels.
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According to the book description of The Shadow Catcher: A U.S. Agent
Infiltrates Mexico's Deadly Crime Cartels, “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.
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Acosta’s investigations are legendary, both inside law enforcement and the
crime cartels he helped neutralize. He had himself smuggled from Mexico to Chicago with a truckload of poor immigrants; worked
his way into the confidences of a gang of international counterfeiters; socialized with some of Mexico’s most vicious
drug lords; arrested a female smuggler by luring her across the U.S. border for an amorous rendezvous; and was the target
of multiple murder plots by the criminals he put in jail. For three decades, Hipolito Acosta’s work routinely made national
headlines, and he quickly gained a reputation as a daring crime fighter who used his intelligence and audacity to stay one
step ahead of those who would kill him if his cover were ever blown.
Acosta’s stories read like chapters from a page-turning crime novel, but
The Shadow Catcher is more than a front-seat ride through the criminal underworld along the U.S./Mexico border. This heartbreaking
exposé goes beyond sensational headlines and medals of honor to divulge what an agent endures in order to ensure that
U.S. law is enforced and to reveal the unseen human side of illegal immigration.”
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