S4E18: Perilous Journalism & Living In Exile – Luis Najera

Original Recording Date: 2025APR28.  Audio editing by Stephanie Bosch. Views and opinions of the participants are their own. ----more---- 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. ----more---- 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