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Deborah Bonello

Mexico City
As seen in: NARCAS: The Secret World of Women in Organized Crime, BBC, Financial Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Yahoo News UK, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times en Espanol, Chicago Tribune, France 24, Milenio and
Covers:  economy and business, human rights, central america, mexico, social justice, culture, crime, drug war
Ex @VICENews. "NARCAS: The Secret Rise of Women in Latin America's Cartels." Out in Spanish soon via @edit_planeta @IWMF grantee @insightcrime managing editor

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Deborah is a freelance video journalist based in Mexico City. She has worked as a staff video journalist for the Financial Times and the Los Angeles Times, and now works on a freelance basis for broadcasters and newspapers, shooting, producing and editing video news and features.

She has produced video reports for the Los Angeles Times, the Economist, Time Magazine, AFP, the Guardian, AlJazeera, PRI The World, Univision, the BBC, GlobalPost and the Financial Times.

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Deborah Bonello’s Journalist Portfolio

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Musical Tributes for Mexico's Dead

Musical Tributes for Mexico's Dead

In Iztapalapa, a violent Mexico City neighborhood, two musicians with a guitar and an accordion are hired to …

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The priest who built a stadium in Honduras

The priest who built a stadium in Honduras

Juticalpa is an unlikely place for a football stadium. A dusty cattle-ranching town in the rural state of Ola…

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The boys who fail as World Cup men

The boys who fail as World Cup men

There's a short list of favourites to win football's World Cup this year: Spain, Germany, Argentina and host-…

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How Mexico's west was won: It took a village, and plenty of AK-47s

How Mexico's west was won: It took a village, and plenty of AK-47s

The story of how vigilante militias took their western Mexican towns back from Knights Templar meth lords - f…

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GlobalPost: Why so many people in Mexico still go missing

GlobalPost: Why so many people in Mexico still go missing

Sept 20 2013 - The federal government says 26,000 people have been reported missing across Mexico since 2006,…

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These Women Bike Alongside the Boys in the Mean Streets of Mexico City

These Women Bike Alongside the Boys in the Mean Streets of Mexico City

Mexico City--infamous for its maddening traffic--is becoming an unlikely cycling hub. From blocked-off cycle …

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On the Radar: Las drogas, la corrupción y el robo de combustible del CJNG aumentan la presión sobre México

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By Deborah Bonello
| InSight Crime
¿Quién está ganando la guerra contra las drogas: los gobiernos o las drogas? ¿El partido gobernante de México está cediendo ante la presión de Trump y el crimen organizado? ¿Qué revelan las recientes sanciones de Estados Unidos contra el Cartel de Jalisco?
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On the Radar: Mexico’s Criminal Pressure Points: Drugs, Corruption, and CJNG Fuel Theft

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By Deborah Bonello
| InSight Crime
Who is winning the drug war – governments or drugs? Is Mexico’s ruling party cracking under pressure from President Trump and organized crime? What is in the crosshairs of the latest OFAC sanctions against the Jalisco Cartel target? Global cocaine production has more than quadrupled over the past decade to over 4,000 tons, while methamphetamine seizures are climbing 13% a year, according to the UN’s latest World Drug Report 2026.
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Tren de Aragua’s ‘Johan Petrica’: Fugitive and Potential Heir

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By Deborah Bonello
| InSight Crime
The killing of Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias “Niño Guerrero,” leaves Yohan José Romero, alias “Johan Petrica,” as the last original Tren de Aragua leader still at large. Niño Guerrero was killed in June 2026 during joint US-Venezuelan operations near Las Claritas, a gold mining hub in Bolívar state where he had reportedly taken refuge. Another founder, Larry Amaury Álvarez Núñez, alias “Larry Changa,” remains behind bars in Colombia. Petrica has the pedigree to claim leadership.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Working as a daily news hound on a British media news website.

How is social media changing news?

It is increasing transparency and speed of delivery. But it is also increasing inaccuracy and a tendency for quantity over quality.

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Final Cut, WordPress, and Canon Cameras.
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