Events > Community Meetings > Reporting From Mexico's Drug Wars
Tue
Jun
11
2013
Reporting From Mexico's Drug Wars
7:30 PM
Location: Goethe Institute
Address: 5750 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA
Price: Free
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Zocalo Public Square presents journalist Alfredo Corchado as he discusses his journeys through the Mexico drug cartel wars and signs copies of his book, "Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness."
From the Zocalo website:
In 2007, after breaking a story on a peace pact between government officials and the country's two most powerful cartels, Corchado was told by a source that he was a likely target for assassination within 24 hours. Why is Corchado still living and working in Mexico, and why does he hold on to a sense of hope for what comes next for the country?
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