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Alejandro Santos Cid

Mexico City, Mexico, New York
As seen in: El País, El País México, La Nación (Argentina), Yahoo, KPRC-TV (Houston, TX), MYSA, Texas Tribune, KSAT-TV (San Antonio, TX), El Paso Times, San Antonio Current and
Covers:  I have written extensively about violence, organized crime, migration, politics, US-Mexico bilateral relations, social movements, culture and natural disasters.
De la sierra de Madrí. Reportero. Antes en @el_pais.

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Alejandro Santos Cid’s Biography

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Reporter in New York. Winner of the Mexican National Journalism Award (2023), Honorable Mention (2025), and finalist (2022). Finalist for the Gabriel García Márquez (Gabo) Award in the feature reporting category, and honorable mention at the Mario Vargas Llosa Chair Young Journalism Award (2025).

From 2021 to 2025, I worked in the newsroom of El País in Mexico City. My work combines narrative journalism with coverage of the social impact of violence, organized crime, human rights violations, mi…

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Rehenes de la extorsión en México

Rehenes de la extorsión en México

EL PAÍS recorre la capital tras la pista de algunos de estos delitos, los más habituales en el país, que rara…

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Hostages of extortion in Mexico

Hostages of extortion in Mexico

EL PAÍS takes a look at this crime, one of the most common in the country and one that gets rarely reported

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From protests to power: Chi Ossé, the youngest council member in New York history

From protests to power: Chi Ossé, the youngest council member in New York history

He started by documenting the protests sparked by the police killing of George Floyd, was elected at 23 as a …

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk: 'I am afraid that the world will get used to the ...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Oleksandra Matviichuk: 'I am afraid that the world will get used to the ...

The Ukrainian human rights lawyer talks to EL PAÍS about war crimes committed by the Russia, the weakness of …

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Chiapas, captive territory

Chiapas, captive territory

EL PAÍS travels along the border of the poorest state in Mexico, a region dominated by criminal groups.

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Kid Congo Powers, the flaming Chicano who melted the boundaries of rock with The Cramps, Gun Club...

Kid Congo Powers, the flaming Chicano who melted the boundaries of rock with The Cramps, Gun Club...

This pioneer of punk, cult guitarist, ex-heroin addict and homosexual activist is presenting a memoir and a n…

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Houston police worked with ICE on at least 103 occasions since April, report shows Original

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By Alejandro Santos Cid
| Texas Tribune Verified
Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy , and give us feedback . Houston police worked with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on at least 103 occasions since April, according to the first report required by the Houston City Council to measure cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.
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Houston ICE Shooting Houston protesters call on feds to release more information, and witnesses, to ICE killing

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By Colleen DeGuzman Verified, Stephen Simpson, Alejandro Santos Cid
| The Bay City Sentinel Verified
By Colleen Deguzman, Stephen Simpson and Alejandro Santos CID Texas Tribune HOUSTON — Hundreds gathered at Houston City Hall’s steps Saturday evening, holding umbrellas in one hand and signs in the other, reiterating demands many have been making for days: answers on what led to the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and to release from immigration detention the three men who witnessed the shooting.
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“ICE is everywhere”: In Houston, fear and grief permeate Latino neighborhoods after fatal shooting Original

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By Alejandro Cid, Alejandro Santos Cid
| Texas Tribune Verified
Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy , and give us feedback . Editor’s note: This story contains profanity. HOUSTON — Not long after 7 a.m. on July 7, Buddy the dog howled. “He has a different bark for everything,” said Clara, who was born almost 55 years ago in Tamaulipas, Mexico, jumped the border into Texas 26 years ago, and has been living in this corner of Magnolia Park, a neighborhood in east Houston, ever since.
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Awards

Premio Nacional de Periodismo de México

2023 - Entrevista
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