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Video: Book Launch of Midnight in Mexico by Alfredo Corchado

Corchado, who is Mexico bureau chief at the Dallas Morning News, depicts in an autobiographical style his return to his native Mexico as a journalist in 1994, just as the narco-violence began. The author describes Midnight in Mexico as “searching for the flickering light during the darkest night and believing in the promise of a new day.”

Speaker:

  • Alfredo Corchado, Author of Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter’s Journey Through a Country’s Descent into Darkness (May 2013)

Discussants:

  • Ginger Thompson, The New York Times
  • Andrew Selee, Vice President for Programs and Senior Advisor to the Mexico Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Moderator:

  • Christopher Sabatini, Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly and Senior Director of Policy, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

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