The Miami Herald's coverage of Elián González's seizure by armed federal agents and the emotional aftermath of the pre-dawn raid earned the newspaper its 17th Pulitzer Prize Monday. MORE

Read the Herald's coverage of the Elian Gonzalez raid with stories by Tyler Bridges.

"The Dirty Votes: The Race for Miami Mayor" - coverage of the Carollo/Suarez mayoral election. The series and the criminal investigation it spawned prompted the courts to nullify Xavier Suarez's victory in the 1997 election and appoint Joe Carollo as mayor.

1999 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting

Written by Manny Garcia, JosephTanfani, Andres Viglucci, Karen Branch, Sydney P. Freedberg, Elaine de Valle and Lisa Getter. Additional reporting was done by Tyler Bridges, Alfonso Chardy, Joan Fleischman, Rick Jervis, John Lantigua, Marika Lynch, Patricia Maldonado, Sandra Marquez Garcia, Maria A. Morales, Connie Prater, Gerardo Reyes, Frances Robles and Ken Rodriguez. The coverage was directed by Judy Miller, projects editor.

The Contender
In 1970, a young Peruvian with no money and few prospects visited a Stanford economics professor, hoping to advance an audacious plan. Now, Alejanro Toledo may be only a few weeks away from realizing the dream he secretly harbored at the Farm--to be president of his country. (published in Stanford Magazine) MORE