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PERSPECTIVES: Alfredo Corchado

Louie talks with journalist Alfredo Corchado, who is the author of "Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent Into Darkness."  Corchado is the Mexico Bureau Chief of the Dallas Morning News.  Corchado talks about his early career in journalism and about his mother's influence on his life & career.  A native of Mexico, Corchado studied in El Paso, yet decided to return to Mexico to be a reporter.  He talks about an experience in which he received a death threat in Mexico City on the very night he was to celebrate an award.  Corchado also explains why holding a U.S. passport may actually be a form of protection against narcos who might want him dead...a protection his Mexican colleagues do not have. 

http://alfredocorchado.com

Aired June 1, 2013.

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