Max de Haldevang

Journalist @FT. Ex @business in Mexico, @qz in NY, @moscowtimes in Moscow. Originally London. He/him. 📷:@JeoffGuillemard

[Maya Averbuch @mayaaverbuch]

Incredible reporting by @MddeH into the intersection between business and disappearances in Mexico.

[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

NEW: In January 2023, Mexican activist Antonio Diaz & his lawyer Ricardo Lagunes disappeared after a community assembly against a mine, their truck found abandoned & shot up.

The case shows how local cartels benefit from the presence of mining companies like steelmaker Ternium.

[Max de Haldevang @MddeH]

@Ternium @ArcelorMittal Thanks to @OCCRP for having the bravery to publish this and to stellar fixer @AnalyNuno for taking me to the mountains of Michoacan

This is likely my final tweet – find me on Bluesky: @max-d-reporter.bsky.social
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[Max de Haldevang @MddeH]

NEW: I spent months digging into a pattern of Indigenous Mexicans being murdered, dissapeared & abducted by narcos when opposing mines owned by NYSE-listed mining @Ternium
The reason, one narco told cops: "They were fucking with the mines" /1
https://t.co/aXndByFsG9

[Max de Haldevang @MddeH]

@Ternium @ArcelorMittal Another brave man was murdered by narcos months after telling me he wouldn't back down due to threats about his anti-mining activism /3
https://t.co/aXndByEUQB

[Max de Haldevang @MddeH]

Was lucky to read an earlier draft of this and it’s astonishingly brilliant. Gripping, moving and ultimately joyful. Go pre-order it!

[Ben Goldfarb @ben_a_goldfarb]

"International investors play a key role in encouraging human rights violations and environmental crimes in the region."

Some important investigative journalism by @sarahl_sax here, on the American pension funds & endowments destroying Brazil's savannah.

https://t.co/YFLZzPDKC1

[Max de Haldevang @MddeH]

@Stevelfisher a pleasure and congrats!

[Max de Haldevang @MddeH]

One of the best stories I’ve read in a good while. Compulsive read

[Steve Fisher @Stevelfisher]

As an ex-Mennonite who investigates drug trafficking in Mexico for a living, I've never felt more qualified to do a story than this one: Franz Kauenhofen, deeply in debt, and excommunicated for owning a smartphone, becomes a ruthless drug trafficker. https://t.co/NfzdEx7fYS

[Bloomberg en Español @BBGenEspanol]

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[JP Spinetto @JPSpinetto]

As an iconic Mexican resort lay devastated by a surprise hurricane, the country’s president was, quite literally, stuck in the mud https://t.co/I73Krnp60m via @MddeH @mayaaverbuch @bpolitics @economics

[Max de Haldevang @MddeH]

Huge news as carbon offset giant South Pole ends its flagship project, which has sold credits to the likes of Nestle, VW & Gucci. We exposed its (large) flaws back in March: https://t.co/64a0JymDV0… w/
@ben_elgin @AlastairJMarsh

[Aaron Rutkoff @aaronrutkoff]

Enormous shakeup in the multi-billion dollar market for carbon offsets today with the collapse of the second-biggest project (Kariba), fronted by the world's top seller (South Pole). Here's @ben_elgin and @ntashawhite with today's news. https://t.co/7jt00vz4dt

[JP Spinetto @JPSpinetto]

The unexpected, violent strength of Hurricane Otis destroyed Acapulco, killing at least 27 people and leaving President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to trek through the mud https://t.co/opHi2WT8op via @MddeH @mayaaverbuch @bpolitics

[Max de Haldevang @MddeH]

Mexico announces that officials travelled to China to discuss illegal chemicals, confirming our fentanyl exclusive
https://t.co/GVXgJFKAD3

[Max de Haldevang @MddeH]

Scoop: Mexico and China are collaborating on fighting fentanyl flows, after long denying they have any responsibility for the epidemic
https://t.co/X5zkXwbUdy

[Eric Martin @EMPosts]

Mexico is in talks with China to stem the flow of #fentanyl ingredients, sources tell @MddeH.

This type of quiet effort will be needed if the US is to tackle a scourge that the DEA calls “the single deadliest drug threat our nation has EVER encountered.

https://t.co/6S7TvbfIX7

[Max de Haldevang @MddeH]

Scoop: Mexico and China are collaborating on fighting fentanyl flows, after long denying they have any responsibility for the epidemic
https://t.co/X5zkXwbUdy

[Laura Millan @LauraMillanL]

💧Water is present in every manifestation of dangerous weather wreaking havoc on our planet. Its sudden abundance and scarcity are also reshaping the global economy and international trade

Read the latest @climate #dataviz extravaganza for FREE here:
https://t.co/pkkbOVkwKT

[Max de Haldevang @MddeH]

Meet the climate scientist leading the race to succeed her oil-loving mentor, AMLO, as Mexican president

Great profile of Claudia Sheinbaum's green credentials and challenges by @mayaaverbuch https://t.co/1YyFkPjIVO @climate @bpolitics