Robin Emmott

Position: Correspondent, Mexico
I am based in Monterrey covering the Mexican drug war, illegal immigration and homegrown global cement maker Cemex. I have lived and worked as a journalist in Amsterdam, Mexico City, Panama City and Lima. I edit the website: http://www.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/drugTrafficking

Blog Posts

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A costly U.S.-Mexico border wall, in both dollars and deaths

The U.S. border wall is proving to be costly to maintain and thousands of people have died trying to circumvent it, two new reports say.  Full Article | Comments [21] 

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U.S. Hispanics riled over immigrants' healthcare exclusion

A move by Democrat backers to exclude 12 million illegal immigrants from buying health coverage and restrict the participation of authorized migrants has drawn the ire of U.S. Hispanics.  Full Article | Comments [75] 

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Mexico's Ciudad Juarez, the world's most violent city?

Ciudad Juarez, a Mexican town on the U.S. border where daylight murders and beheaded bodies have become the norm, is the world's most violent city, a study says.  Full Article | Comments [10]