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Alfredo Corchado is a Mexican-American journalist and author who has covered Mexico for many years, and serves as the Mexico City bureau chief of The Dallas Morning News. He has reported on the reach of Mexican drug cartels into the United States, the plight of Mexican and Central American immigrants in the U.S. and government corruption on both sides of the border. With the recent deaths of Mexican journalists, his work is so vital.

His reporting has earned him several awards, including the prestigious Maria Moors Cabot prize presented by Columbia University, and the Elijah Parrish Lovejoy prize presented by Colby College. He was a finalist for the Center For Public Integrity award in Washington for his reporting on Ciudad Juarez and the rise of a Mexican paramilitary group known as the Zetas. He is the author of two books, Midnight in Mexico and Homelands. As a leading reporter, Corchado will share his stories from the press and expertise on immigration and national security issues, particularly the drug-related violence that threatens Mexico’s national security and border communities.

About Alfredo Corchado

Based in El Paso and Mexico City, Alfredo Corchado is the border-Mexico correspondent for the Dallas Morning News. He is a noted expert on immigration, drug violence, and US–Mexico foreign policy. He has reported on many border topics, from the disappearance and murders of women in Ciudad Juárez, to the exodus of Mexico’s middle class to the United States, to the exposure of government corruption and the reach of Mexican drug traffickers into US communities.

Born in Durango, Mexico, Corchado grew up in California and Texas. He worked as a farm laborer alongside his parents, who were members of the United Farm Workers. The recipient of numerous awards and honors for his courageous journalism, he is the author of Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter’s Journey through a Country’s Descent into Darkness. His new book, Homelands, released in 2018.

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