Alfredo Corchado on the personal cost of covering drug cartels
His life has been threatened. His colleagues have disappeared. He's had to leave Mexico on numerous occasions ... but Alfredo Corchado keeps reporting.
His life has been threatened. His colleagues have disappeared. He's had to leave Mexico, fearing for his safety. None of this deters Alfredo Corchado.
The veteran investigative Mexican-American journalist joins Shad to discuss the personal risks he takes to cover Mexico's drug war, how he copes with countless haunting stories, and the only reason he thinks he's still alive.
Corchado is visiting Toronto as part of the Luminato festival.
