Alfredo Pena

Stay informed with Alfredo Pena’s coverage and analysis for Coins2Day.

  • A person sits on a motor scooter outside a gas station in Mexico, looking distressedLifestyle

    Drug cartels are distorting Mexico’s economy by hitting big corporations—’we are hostages’

    By Alfredo Pena and The Associated Press
  • Members of the Vise family walk through the storm surge from Tropical Storm Alberto, Wednesday, June 19, 2024, in Surfside Beach, Texas. They said they needed to get out of their house. ( Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP)Environment

    Tropical Storm Alberto—the first named one of the season—leaves 3 dead but also brings hope to a region suffering severe drought

    By Alfredo Pena, Mariana Martinez Barba, and others
  • Mexican army soldierPolitics

    The Mexican cartel that apparently kidnapped and killed Americans says it self-policed 5 rogue members in scramble to limit fallout

    By Alfredo Pena, Mark Stevenson, and others
  • Mexico troopsHealth

    4 Americans were kidnapped by heavily armed men in Mexico near the Texas border. Here’s what we know so far.

    By Alfredo Pena, Matthew Barakat, and others