Sergio Aguayo

Sergio Aguayo Quezada is a prominent Mexican academic, journalist, and human rights activist. He earned a BA in International Relations from El Colegio de México, and completed his MA, PhD, and postdoctoral studies at Johns Hopkins University.

Since 1977, Aguayo has served as professor researcher at El Colegio de México’s Centro de Estudios Internacionales, where he founded and coordinates the Seminar on Violence and Peace. He has also taught at CIDE, UNAM, UIA, and as a visiting professor at Harvard (beginning 2015), UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins, and the New School.

A founding member of La Jornada and the magazine Este País, he currently writes a weekly column for Reforma and appears on various national and international media. From 1990 to 1996, he was president of the Mexican Academy of Human Rights, and he has also led civil society organisations like Alianza Cívica, Propuesta Cívica, and Fundar.

Aguayo is the author of over 25 books and nearly 1,500 academic and journalistic articles, focusing on democracy, human rights, U.S.–Mexico relations, organised crime, and intelligence services.