Investigative Reporter
David Migoya
David writes investigative projects and has been at The Denver Post since 1999. He was a founding member of the investigations team before moving on to write about banking, finance, human services and consumer affairs, then returned to investigations. David has also worked at publications in New York City, St. Louis and Detroit over a 38-year career.
His work has been recognized by Investigative Reporters & Editors, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Scripps Howard Foundation, the Society of Business Editors and Writers, and the National Association of Real Estate Editors. His 2018 expose about hidden court cases across Colorado was chosen as the state's best by the Colorado Press Association.
David is fluent in Spanish.
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Case of Colorado inmate who got $6 million for alleged beating heads back for new trial
Lawyers for a 36-year-old convicted murderer awarded a record $6 million in March by a federal jury in Denver for a beating he allegedly received at the hands of a...

How a Denver Post reporter found that thousands of Colorado court cases have been hidden from public view
Editor's note: This is Denver Post reporter David Migoya's account of how he identified and then reported his "Shrouded Justice" series examining suppressed court cases in Colorado. Join him here...

18th Judicial District implements new rules to make felony prosecutions harder to suppress from the public
Prosecutors in Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties have implemented changes to reduce the number of felony cases that are suppressed from the public, and concede the process will help...

How news coverage of two high-profile sex-crime cases faded after they were suppressed by Colorado judges
Douglas County sheriff's officers had arrested one of their own -- Deputy Robert "Mike" French -- in the early hours of Feb. 9, 2013, on suspicion of trying to lure...

Shrouded justice: Thousands of Colorado court cases hidden from public view on judges’ orders
Thousands of court cases across Colorado — hundreds of them involving violent felonies — are hidden from public view, concealed behind judges' orders that can remain in effect for years,...

Colorado will adopt California-style low-emission vehicle standards under Hickenlooper order
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper today issued an executive order requiring the adoption of low-emission vehicle standards by 2025, with the first steps in developing the program ready by the end...

Blackbird Public House chef’s teenaged murderer gets life sentence for 2016 shooting
With an urn holding the remains of the Denver chef he gunned down just 10 feet away, 18-year-old Raheem Benson was sentenced Friday to life in prison with the chance...

Colorado appeals court affirms nearly $1.4 million assessed against foreclosure lawyer
The Colorado Court of Appeals has affirmed more than $1.2 million in penalties and fees assessed against one of the city’s prolific foreclosure attorneys the state sued for billing thousands...

Former owner of Denver’s Writer Square shopping center indicted for securities fraud
A grand jury has indicted the former owner of downtown Denver’s Writer Square for allegedly masterminding a complex real-estate scam that landed him enough cash to travel on private jets,...

Volunteer law enforcement fills in the budget gaps, but training and deployment differ across Colorado
The Rangers – they are properly called the Colorado Rangers Law Enforcement Shared Reserve, but use CLER as their operative acronym – are a statewide group that provides auxiliary law...