MARCOS MARTÍNEZ CHACÓN
Journalist
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My reporting
My work has been published by BBC News World Service, The Associated Press, The San Francisco Chronicle, Aristegui Noticias, Univision, Grupo Reforma, Grupo Expansion, among others. I have also collaborated with CNN en Español as a panelist in political analysis round tables. Below you will find a selection of my recent work.
EXPERTS WARN AGAINST WAVE OF FAKE NEWS AHEAD OF MEXICO’S 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
August, 2023
With the 2024 Mexican presidential election less than a year away, political analysts and academics warn of a wave of fake news and disinformation making the rounds on the internet, a trend they deem especially worrisome as some of the falsehoods seem to come from the party in power —and the president himself.
MONTERREY SUFFERS WEEKS-LONG WATER CUTOFF AMID DROUGHT
June, 2022
A combination of an intense drought, poor planning and high water use has left residents of Mexico’s industrial powerhouse to resort to extreme measures that call up images of isolated, poorer areas: storing water in buckets to use a scoopful at a time.
HAITIANOS EN MÉXICO ENFRENTAN RETOS PARA REHACER SU VIDA
April, 2022
Miles de haitianos que llegaron a la ciudad industrial de Monterrey, al norte de México, hace casi seis meses, buscan integrarse a una comunidad que les era desconocida hasta hace algunos meses.
MEXICAN MILLIONAIRE BUILDS CONTROVERSIAL REPLICA OF MANSION
January, 2022
A Mexican multi-millionaire is building a replica of his northern Mexico mansion to serve as a museum for his art collection, an endeavor criticized because it is funded in large part with public money.
DESAPARECIDOS EN MÉXICO: IMPUNIDAD MARCA LUCHA DE UNA MADRE
November, 2021
México ha padecido por años la desaparición de miles de personas, más de 92.000 desde 1964 según el gobierno, pero el de Roy es uno de los apenas tres casos en México calificados por la ONU como ejemplos de desaparición forzada, es decir, que detrás de todo estuvieron agentes estatales o personas con el respaldo de las autoridades.
HAITIANS HEADING TO US CHANGE PLANS, READY TO WAIT IN MEXICO
September, 2021
As U.S. authorities moved out the last of the more than 14,000 migrants gathered beside a border bridge in Del Rio, thousands of other Haitians who were en route to the border from South America were realizing their time window to make it to the United States had closed.
IN MEXICO, INFLUENCER WIFE HELPS WIN HUSBAND STATE GOVERNORSHIP
June, 2021
The winner of the election triumphed largely thanks to his glamorous but off-message social media influencer wife, and their appearances with music stars. The loser saw her chances fade after video emerged of her in a coaching session with NXIVM sex cult leader Keith Raniere.
ORGANISMO ELECTORAL EN MÉXICO ES BLANCO DE 'FAKE NEWS'
June, 2021
A unos días de que México celebre las elecciones consideradas las más grandes de su historia, los ataques a las instituciones electorales se han intensificado sobre todo en el mundo digital.
WEALTHY LATIN AMERICANS FLOCK TO US IN SEARCH OF VACCINES
Apri, 2021
They travel thousands of miles by plane from Latin America to the U.S., in some places taking a shuttle directly from the airport to COVID-19 vaccine sites. Their ranks include politicians, TV personalities, business executives and a soccer team.
PREOCUPA A LA ONU CRECIENTE MILITARIZACIÓN EN MÉXICO
April, 2021
La creciente participación de las fuerzas armadas en tareas de seguridad pública y en proyectos del gobierno en México generan preocupación en materia de respeto a los derechos humanos y de transparencia, declaró el miércoles el representante de la Oficina de la Alta Comisionada para los Derechos Humanos de las Nacionas Unidas (ONU-DH) en este país.
FABRICATED TALE CLAIMS BALLOT FRAUD BY PHILADELPHIA MOB BOSS
November, 2020
False claims about irregularities and fraud in the Nov. 3 U.S. election continue to spread online.
OBAMA NO RECIBIÓ FACTURA POR 214 MILLONES DE DÓLARES ENVIADA POR TRUMP ANTE ESTAFA
Agosto, 2020
Un texto que ha sido diseminado en redes sociales afirma que Trump habría enviado un cobro por 214 millones de dólares a Obama por gastos durante su gestión en viajes no oficiales, pero evidencia recabada y un vocero del expresidente indican que la información es "falsa"
¿QUIÉN ES EMILIO LOZOYA, PIEZA CLAVE EN LA TRAMA ODEBRECHT?
Julio, 2020
Considerado una de las piezas clave en la trama de corrupción que tejió la constructora brasileña Odebrecht en México, Emilio Lozoya Austin, ex director de Pemex, estuvo rodeado desde pequeño de personajes cercanos al poder, como lo fueron su padre y su abuelo.
VENTA DEL AVIÓN PRESIDENCIAL: ENTRE CAOS DOCUMENTAL Y TRABAS INTERNAS | VIDEO
Marzo, 2020
En medio de resistencias dentro del mismo gobierno federal y hasta de un desorden documental, la venta del avión presidencial planteada por la actual administración no ha logrado concretarse tras casi un año de haber iniciado el proceso formalmente.
VIOLENCIA EN MÉXICO: "AQUÍ PARECE QUE A NADIE LE IMPORTA LA VIDA DE UN POLICÍA"
Septiembre, 2019
El número de oficiales asesinados está en aumento, según Causa en Común, una ONG que aborda las precarias condiciones con que operan las fuerzas policiales en México.
DEADLY JOB: NO RUSH TO JOIN MEXICO'S NEW POLICE FORCE
September, 2019
Amid an increase in the number of slain police officers, Mexican NGO leaders and experts says this situation could impact the new president's plan to recruit thousands of new officers for his National Guard.
RED DE EXTORSIÓN HABRÍA SIDO OPERADA DESDE LA UIF DE EPN Y DESPACHOS LIGADOS A PRESIDENCIA
August, 2019
El titular de la UIF, Santiago Nieto, revela que la red de extorsión presuntamente fue dirigida por el ex consejero jurídico de la Presidencia, Humberto Castillejos, un caso que sumado a los procesos de Emilio Lozoya y Rosario Robles 'apuntan' al expresidente Peña Nieto, cuyas finanzas también están bajo la lupa de la UIF.
MEXICO'S AMLO IS POPULAR BUT CAN HE DELIVER?
May, 2019
When Mexico's populist presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador was elected by a landslide in July, some analysts warned that he could quickly lose support once in office, especially if he failed to deliver on his ambitious promise of delivering a "radical transformation" of his country.
CUÁNTOS PERIODISTAS HAN MUERTO EN MÉXICO DESDE QUE ASUMIÓ LA PRESIDENCIA LÓPEZ OBRADOR
February, 2018
México está considerado como el país más mortal para los periodistas sin contar zonas de guerra.
RISKS TO MEXICO JOURNALISTS REMAIN DESPITE AMLO'S PROMISES
February 2019
Shortly after he was sworn in on 1 December, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, or Amlo for short, said he would put an end to the murders - but at least five journalists have been killed since he took office.
Killed despite protection
MEXICO'S LÓPEZ OBRADOR PLEDGES 'RADICAL' CHANGE
December 2018
Left-wing politician Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has been sworn in as Mexico's new president, has promised to bring radical change to his violence-plagued nation by eradicating corruption and ending drugs wars.
BURNED TO DEATH BECAUSE OF A RUMOUR ON WHATSAPP
November, 2018
Rumours of child abductors spread through WhatsApp in a small town in Mexico. The rumours were fake, but a mob burned two men to death before anyone checked.
PODCAST: KILLED BECAUSE OF A FAKE NEWS ON WHATSAPP
November 2018
How a viral rumour on WhatsApp led to the lynching of two innocent men in Mexico.
'FAKE NEWS' EN MÉXICO: CÓMO UN MENSAJE DE WHATSAPP LLEVÓ A UN PEQUEÑO PUEBLO A QUEMAR VIVOS A DOS HOMBRES INOCENTES
NOVEMBER, 2018
En un pequeño pueblo de México, rumores sobre secuestradores de menores se extendieron a través de WhatsApp. Si bien resultaron ser falsos, una multitud ya había quemado vivos a dos hombres antes de que alguien pudiera comprobarlo.
MEXICO ELECTION: CONCERNS ABOUT ELECTION BOTS, TROLLS AND FAKES
May, 2018
Political parties in Mexico are using bots and fake accounts in an attempt to influence voter behaviour and in some cases spread false stories ahead of the country's presidential elections on 1 July, according to researchers, journalists and activists.
MÉXICO: LOS "BOTS", "TROLLS" Y OTROS TRUCOS DE MANIPULACIÓN EN INTERNET QUE AMENAZAN LAS PRÓXIMAS ELECCIONES PRESIDENCIALES
May 2018
En un informe publicado en 2017, la especialista y el investigador Philip Howard concluyeron que los "spam-bots" patrocinados por el gobierno fueron usados en México para "atacar a los periodistas" y "propagar desinformación".
PODCAST: MEXICO’S FAKE NEWS PROBLEM
May 2018
This year Mexico will hold both its presidential and congressional election at the same time. With such high stakes, political parties are being accused of systemically using bots and cyber trolls to spreadonline propaganda – even though they deny this. Researchers and activists have catalogued examples of bots and troll farms being used to promote specific candidates
Initiatives such as Verificado 2018 and the blog Lo Que Sigue (“What’s Next”) are popping up around the country to help combat the spread of fake news and online propaganda. But will such efforts have any impact?
US PROSECUTORS: ILLEGAL GOLD USED IN MONEY-LAUNDERING SCHEME
June 2017
A man who considered himself the Pablo Escobar of gold smuggling and two other former workers at a Miami-area refinery imported more than $1 billion in illegally mined gold from South America in a vast money-laundering scheme from 2013 to 2016, U.S. prosecutors say.
FIGHTING FOR A FREE PRESS IN MEXICO
October, 2017
Throughout her career as one of the most influential journalists in modern Mexican history, Carmen Aristegui has used her voice and influence to denounce abuses of power, human rights violations, corruption in public and private entities, and even the censorship imposed against journalists in Mexico, which has become one of the most dangerous countries in which to practice the profession.
MAYORS TO TRUMP: IMMIGRATION ORDERS MEDDLE WITH CITIES
June 2017
Mayors are warning President Donald Trump that toughening immigration enforcement meddles with U.S. cities’ affairs.
FORMER HAITI REBEL GETS 9 YEARS IN PRISON IN US DRUG CASE
June 2017
A former Haitian rebel leader and recently elected member of the Senate in the Caribbean country was sentenced to nearly a decade in prison Wednesday after accepting a plea deal that spared him a life sentence for drug trafficking.
NUEVOS DOCUMENTOS PONEN EN DUDA JUSTIFICACIÓN DEL PRESIDENTE PEÑA NIETO DEL PAGO DE IMPUESTOS A TRAVÉS DE UN AMIGO
August 2016
Un favor otorgado por un empresario mexicano a la primera dama de México causó controversia al despertar sospechas de un conflicto de intereses.
FIVE YEARS ON, MYSTERY STILL SHROUDS MEXICAN MASSACRE
August 2016
In March 2011 witnesses say the notorious Zetas cartel abducted at least 300 people in northern Mexico, but a local investigation still has a long way to go to identity all the perpetrators - and victims - of the so-called 'Allende massacre'.
MEXICAN PRESIDENT STRUGGLES TO EXPLAIN FIRST LADY’S MIAMI TAX CONTROVERSY
August 2016
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto this week explained away a controversial Miami property tax payment made by a business friend on his wife's behalf arguing it was a one-off favor. His wife, First Lady Angélica Rivera, was out of town and needed someone in Miami to make the payment, he told a Mexican TV station.
¿EN QUÉ ESTÁ LA MASACRE MEXICANA DE ALLENDE, EN LA QUE MATARON A 300 PERSONAS?
August 2016
La masacre de Allende fue cometida por el brutal cartel de Los Zetas en marzo del 2011.
DOCUMENTS CAST DOUBT ON MEXICAN PRESIDENT'S RATIONALE FOR PAYING TAXES THROUGH A FRIEND
August 2016
Even though Mexico's First Lady Angélica Rivera asked businessman Ricardo Pierdant to pay taxes on her Miami apartment as a one-time favor since she was "out of town," she paid those same taxes through lawyers for four years.
DOMESTIC WORKERS SPEAK OUT TO MAKE OVERTIME REQUIREMENT PERMANENT
May 2016
As a housemaid in San Francisco more than a decade ago, Luz Sampedro made $10 for a full day’s work.
She was homeless, a single mother in her 30s raising a child, and living in the United States without documentation. Speaking up for fair pay didn’t cross her mind.
Today, at age 45, Sampedro speaks up quite often. She is an advocate for domestic workers and an active member of Mujeres Unidas y Activas (Women United and Active), a community organization helping immigrant women and fighting for fair wages and human rights. She and the group are supporting a bill in the Legislature to ensure that California’s estimated 300,000 domestic workers receive overtime pay for extra work hours. The bill recently passed the state Senate and now awaits a vote in the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee.
EL APOYO AL GOBIERNO DE NL, ¿EN RIESGO POR FALTA DE CASTIGO A CORRUPCIÓN?
April, 2016
A seis meses de haber puesto fin al bipartidismo en Nuevo León, el primer gobernador independiente en la historia de México, Jaime Rodríguez el Bronco, enfrenta el riesgo de perder el respaldo ciudadano por la falta de acciones contundentes ante los señalamientos de corrupción en la pasada administración, señalan líderes de organizaciones empresariales y civiles.
EL GOBIERNO DE NUEVO LEÓN ESCALA PUGNA CON KIA MOTORS: RENEGOCIACIÓN O TRIBUNALES
March 2016
El conflicto entre la armadora Kia y el Gobierno de Nuevo León, encabezado por Jaime Rodríguez “El Bronco”, podría llegar a los tribunales si la automotriz surcoreana no accede a una renegociación justa para ambas partes, advirtió el titular de la Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico (Sedec) estatal, Fernando Turner.
UNIONES DE TRABAJADORAS RESQUEBRAJAN ABUSOS EN EMPLEO DOMÉSTICO
February 2016
Las uniones de trabajadoras domésticas lucharon en California para obtener protecciones legales a través de una carta de derechos permanente.
EL PROYECTO HIDRÁULICO MONTERREY VI: INNECESARIO
March 2015
Un proyecto hidráulico en México causó polémica por beneficiar a un empresarios cercano al presidente Enrique Peña Nieto.
VENDEN BOLETOS VIP ¡PARA SHOW GRATUITO!
January 2015
El gobierno estatal de Nuevo León, encabezad por Rodrigo Medina, generó polémica por organizar con dinero público un concierto de costos millonarios. Además de la controversia por el precio, vendió boletos para el evento, que fue anunciado como “gratuito”.
ARRUMBA MONTERREY APOYO PARA POBRES
June 2014
El gobierno de Monterrey, capital del estado de Nuevo León al norte de México, mantuvo olvidados por cerca de medio año apoyos federales que habían sido entregados a las autoridades locales para beneficiar a familias en extrema pobreza en la Ciudad.
Y EL GANADOR ES... ¡ROBACOCHES!
March 2014
Un gobierno municipal en el norte del norte México entregó un contrato de 400 millones de pesos a una empresa fantasma que resultó ser propiedad de un ex líder de una banda de secuestradores y de robacoches.
¿PORQUÉ LOS LATINOS DE OAKLAND TEMEN LA LLEGADA DE UBER?
May 2017
Los planes de la compañía Uber de mudarse a la ciudad de Oakland, en California, despertaron los temores de sectores vulnerables de la población por los efectos que esta mudanza podría tener en los costos de vivienda.
A PRECIOUS TRUTH, CUIK MAGAZINE
June 2023
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