{"id":1881,"date":"2013-08-15T15:10:08","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T22:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/education\/2013\/08\/15\/a-letter-from-rueben-martinez-august-edition\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T06:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T06:36:41","slug":"a-letter-from-rueben-martinez-august-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2013\/08\/15\/a-letter-from-rueben-martinez-august-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"A Letter From Rueben Martinez, August 2013: Midnight in Mexico Book Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><i>Queridos&#xA0;amigos y colegas<\/i>,<\/p>\n<p>&#xD;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2013\/08\/Rueben-Door-Pic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1882\" title=\"Rueben Martinez\" alt=\"rueben-door-pic\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2013\/08\/Rueben-Door-Pic.jpg\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#xD;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">As&#xA0;<a title=\"Libreria Martinez de Chapman University Webpage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chapman.edu\/ces\/libreria-martinez.aspx\">Libreria&#xA0;Martinez de Chapman University <\/a>approaches it&#8217;s first anniversary in October 2013, I want to thank you for your continuous support that has allowed our innovative and collaborative educational outreach efforts to SOAR! We are so proud to offer programs that&#xA0;enrich the brilliant young minds of our future community and global leaders, and expand cultural boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>&#xD;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&#xA0;Some of the exciting programs that are being offered at&#xA0;Libreria Martinez de Chapman University include: Bilingual Story Time for preschoolers, parent education modules through Padres Unidos,&#xA0;Cien de Rueben Book Club and an upcoming Mentoring Program for teens from Santa Ana High School. We also have monthly art shows and&#xA0;booksignings with top notch artists and authors. We have something for everyone so please stop in for a visit. I&#8217;m usually at the bookstore on Wednesdays and would love to see and greet you!<\/p>\n<p>&#xD;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&#xA0;I&#8217;m also absolutely thrilled to invite you to meet author <a title=\"Alfredo Corchado webpage\" href=\"http:\/\/alfredocorchado.com\/\">Alfredo&#xA0;Corchado<\/a> and hear him discuss his new book, <i>Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter&#8217;s Journ<\/i><i>ey Through a Country&#8217;s Descent Into Darkness<\/i>. Alfredo will share riveting tales of his experience as an American journalist on the front line of the Mexican drug war and the truth about the complicated drug cartel relationships on both sides of the border. His reporting dug so deep that he himself became a target of the cartels.<\/p>\n<p>&#xD;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1891 alignleft\" alt=\"midnight-in-mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2013\/08\/midnight-in-mexico.jpg\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2013\/08\/midnight-in-mexico.jpg 816w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2013\/08\/midnight-in-mexico-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2013\/08\/midnight-in-mexico-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/2013\/08\/midnight-in-mexico-768x994.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><br \/>\nThis event is extra special because the bookstore&#8217;s long&#xA0; time friend, author, journalist and CNN reporter<br \/>\n<a title=\"Ruben Navarrette Jr. Webpage\" href=\"http:\/\/rubennavarrette.com\/wordpress\/\">Ruben&#xA0;Navarette <\/a><br \/>\nwill also be here to interview Alfredo. You won&#8217;t want to miss this so please join us!&#xD;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><b><i>Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter&#8217;s Journey Through a Country&#8217;s Descent Into Darkness&#xD;<br \/>\n<\/i><\/b><b>Book Presentation by Alfredo Corc<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#xD;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><b>hado&#xA0;<\/b><b>and Interview by Ruben Navarette<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#xD;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Thursday, August 22, 2013&#xD;<br \/>\n6:30 &#8211; 8:00 P.M.&#xD;<br \/>\n216 N. 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