Midnight in Mexico

A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness

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On sale May 27, 2014 | 304 Pages | 978-0-14-312553-2
One of Time Magazine’s Sixteen Best True Crime Books of All Time

A crusading Mexican-American journalist searches for justice and hope in an increasingly violent Mexico


In the last decade, more than 100,000 people have been killed or disappeared in the Mexican drug war, and drug trafficking there is a multibillion-dollar business. In a country where the powerful are rarely scrutinized, noted Mexican-American journalist Alfredo Corchado refuses to shrink from reporting on government corruption, murders in Juárez, or the ruthless drug cartels of Mexico. One night, Corchado received a tip that he could be the next target of the Zetas, a violent paramilitary group—and that he had twenty-four hours to find out if the threat was true. Midnight in Mexico is the story of one man’s quest to report the truth of his country—as he races to save his own life.
Alfredo Corchado es un periodista graduado de la Universidad de Texas en El Paso, especializado en temas de migración, narcotráfico y asuntos políticos entre Estados Unidos y México. Nació en Durango pero creció en California y Texas. Hijo de braceros, trabajó desde muy joven ayudando a sus padres en las labores del campo en Estados Unidos. 
Tras haber vivido mucho tiempo en los Estados Unidos, llegó a México en 1994 como corresponsal del diario The Dallas Morning News. Ha trabajado en varios periódicos estadounidenses como El Paso Herald-Post y The Wall Street Journal; actualmente es jefe de la oficina en México de The Dallas Morning News. Ha recibido los premios Maria Moors Cabot por la Universidad de Columbia, y el Elijah Parrish Lovejoy por la Universidad de Colby. Medianoche en México es su primer libro. View titles by Alfredo Corchado

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One of Time Magazine’s Sixteen Best True Crime Books of All Time

A crusading Mexican-American journalist searches for justice and hope in an increasingly violent Mexico


In the last decade, more than 100,000 people have been killed or disappeared in the Mexican drug war, and drug trafficking there is a multibillion-dollar business. In a country where the powerful are rarely scrutinized, noted Mexican-American journalist Alfredo Corchado refuses to shrink from reporting on government corruption, murders in Juárez, or the ruthless drug cartels of Mexico. One night, Corchado received a tip that he could be the next target of the Zetas, a violent paramilitary group—and that he had twenty-four hours to find out if the threat was true. Midnight in Mexico is the story of one man’s quest to report the truth of his country—as he races to save his own life.

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Alfredo Corchado es un periodista graduado de la Universidad de Texas en El Paso, especializado en temas de migración, narcotráfico y asuntos políticos entre Estados Unidos y México. Nació en Durango pero creció en California y Texas. Hijo de braceros, trabajó desde muy joven ayudando a sus padres en las labores del campo en Estados Unidos. 
Tras haber vivido mucho tiempo en los Estados Unidos, llegó a México en 1994 como corresponsal del diario The Dallas Morning News. Ha trabajado en varios periódicos estadounidenses como El Paso Herald-Post y The Wall Street Journal; actualmente es jefe de la oficina en México de The Dallas Morning News. Ha recibido los premios Maria Moors Cabot por la Universidad de Columbia, y el Elijah Parrish Lovejoy por la Universidad de Colby. Medianoche en México es su primer libro. View titles by Alfredo Corchado

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