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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.
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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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And they shouted 'enough': The 30-year-long Indigenous uprising that rewrote Mexican history

And they shouted 'enough': The 30-year-long Indigenous uprising that rewrote Mexican history

The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is celebrating the anniversary of the armed uprising that shook the…

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The forgotten survivors of Hurricane Otis: 'We don't even have water to wash with, and now diseas...

The forgotten survivors of Hurricane Otis: 'We don't even have water to wash with, and now diseas...

Residents of Pie de la Cuesta, Mexico, a working-class neighborhood that caters to tourists in neighboring Ac…

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Narcoterror in Zacatecas, Mexico: How a group of teens was kidnapped and killed with impunity

Narcoterror in Zacatecas, Mexico: How a group of teens was kidnapped and killed with impunity

The brutal murders in the community of Malpaso, in the north-central state, underscore how drug cartels contr…

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In jail with Pablo López Alavez, 13 years behind bars in Mexico for a crime he did not commit

In jail with Pablo López Alavez, 13 years behind bars in Mexico for a crime he did not commit

EL PAÍS visited the Indigenous Zapotec leader inside his prison cell. According to the UN, he was convicted a…

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What the 'Infrarealists' from Bolaño's 'The Savage Detectives' are doing now

What the 'Infrarealists' from Bolaño's 'The Savage Detectives' are doing now

In his acclaimed novel, Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño immortalized Mexico City's 1970s poet counterculture, t…

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