Midnight in Mexico

A Reporter's Journey through a Country's Descent into Darkness

By: Alfredo Corchado

Narrated by: Timothy Andres Pabon

Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

A crusading Mexican American journalist searches for justice and hope in an increasingly violent Mexico.

In the last decade, more than 100,000 people have been killed or disappeared in the Mexican drug war, and drug trafficking there is a multibillion-dollar business. In a country where the powerful are rarely scrutinized, noted Mexican American journalist Alfredo Corchado refuses to shrink from reporting on government corruption, murders in Juarez, or the ruthless drug cartels of Mexico. One night, Corchado received a tip that he could be the next target of the Zetas, a violent paramilitary group - and that he had 24 hours to find out if the threat was true.

Midnight in Mexico is the story of one man's quest to report the truth of his country - as he races to save his own life.

©2019 Alfredo Corchado (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Good story, wish book was better

I had to give up and skip ahead after a lot of chapters. Really, I couldn't quite get into the story.
The book is a highly flowery, discriptive, and extensive take on the authors personal life. One sees his Mexican hometown and family etc though many chapters. In a secondary position is the background of conflict and Mexican society. That society is corrupt, and almost a failed state. The author in any event, is very good. I'd like to read more from him.

A really interesting story...and a commercial...

Author has a really interesting story, just wish he would stop with the free association from his childhood.

a tragedy unfolds

this book leaves you with a feeling of despair, a country, a culture dying a slow death. yes some people care but will it be enough ? i watched narcos, which pretty much tells the same story of ruin of Mexico, i am sure there are many more Mexicans with a similar story to tell, some might have most more than the author.

The sadness in Mexico.

Very compelling story. I see Mexicans in a hole new light. Hopefully the tide will turn.

Mexicano will never be free

Just like the US, México will always have the forever struggle of classes and the oppression of the corrupt. As I read I often stop and said to myself I remember that. I too, am like the author proud of my heritage and have felt the discrimination from both sides. Not fitting in either one. I especially liked the personal touch as he put in his story about his family. I can relate to them, comparing them to my families struggles. My heart and prayers go out to the families of the murder victims. I pray that Mexico and the US gets better for the next generation.

Long book

I found this book to be unnecessarily long. The narrator is great with both English and Spanish languages. The ending was a little strange and tragic. It didn’t seem to allow for it to process before the end. I would move it up to the beginning.

Great book!

Always looked forward to listening to it on the way home from work. Loved it.

Midnight in Mexico

Alfredo Corchado is a good writer. He has the ability to paint a vivid picture, especially of the inner workings of some people’s mindset, experiences, etc. However that doesn’t make his book any more compelling.

I was expecting this book to be about one journalist’s journey throughout the cartels of Mexico and all the major events he’s been a witness to. But, it’s just about the various interviews he’s done. It’s also a book about how he longs for the Mexico of his dreams.

Regardless of all that, it really is not an interesting listen. At least, not to me.

One annoying thing he did was pad the word count with various things in Spanish and then immediately translating them. But it isn’t like he did it all the time; mostly when something dangerous was happening or whatever.

In addition, the narrator, Timothy Andres Pabon, doesn’t seem to have the right voice for this story. For some reason, he sounded as if he was hesitant telling the story. I don’t know how to describe it. But it just didn’t seem like the right fit.

To sum it up: not the worst nonfiction I have listened to, but it’s far and away from the best.

Was hoping for more

Writer chronicles Mexico and his dealings with the Narcos. For me it does not flow into a great cohesive story.

Excellent!

Like all things Mexico, I have always been skeptical of journalism about the never ending corruption and collusion between the government and cartels. The authors roots and humble beginnings shine through and for anyone wanting to know why we (Mexicans) are here, this will answer it. The book mirrors many parts of my life story and for me reminds me why I love America. Yet that flame that harkens back to my Meso-American origins will never die, nor should it.