Original Recording Date: 2025APR28.
Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch.
Views and opinions of the participants are their own.
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TOPICS:
- Guest: Luis Horacio Najera - is an acclaimed journalist and crime analyst from Mexico who has lived in exile in Canada since 2008. He was the PEN Canada-George Brown Writer in Residence in Toronto, and recipient of the 2010 CJFE International Press Freedom Award and one of the 2011 Human Rights Watch Hellman/Hammet Awards. In 2022 he was named one of the 10 Most Influential Hispanic-Canadians.
- Personal story.
- Reporting from the most dangerous places on Earth.
- Losing friends and colleagues to violence.
- Truth in reporting.
- Life in exile.
- Organized crime & government.
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REFERENCES / RESOURCES:
Important Links:
- Luis' books:
- The Wolfpack: The Millennial Mobsters Who Brought Chaos and the Cartels to the Canadian Underworld - https://a.co/d/aT0UA2m
- The Uncaged Voice: Stories by Writers in Exile - https://a.co/d/6K5g4UF
- Luis' podcast:
- Dos Amigos: Ideas que florecen del desierto - https://open.spotify.com/show/4hFkRaBgbPKVluH3RmSu1G
Profiles and Social Media:
- Find Luis on:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arnomichaelis/
- LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/luishnajera
- X: https://x.com/najera13
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