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Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness

by Alfredo Corchado

Reporting on organized crime and power in Mexico

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  • Editorial selection

    One of Time Magazine’s 16 Best True Crime Books of All Time

    Selected as one of Time Magazine’s Sixteen Best True Crime Books of All Time.

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Reporting on organized crime and power in Mexico

Alfredo Corchado’s account brings a journalist’s pursuit of justice into the context of Mexico’s drug-war violence. The supplied description points to reporting on government corruption and murders, alongside a search for hope in a country where powerful figures are rarely scrutinized. Its subject sits at the intersection of organized crime, public accountability, and the risks of reporting on both.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in investigative journalism and government accountability
  • Readers seeking nonfiction about organized crime and Mexico’s drug war

Themes

Organized crimeJournalism and accountabilityViolence and justiceHope

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Book overview

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 Ju
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