Bogota, Chris Kraul covered South America for the Los Angeles Times from his base in; in 1987, Colombia He joined the paper; border, was business editor of the San Diego edition until it closed in 1992 He then began covering the; Afghanistan, Mexican economies until his assignment to The Times’ Mexico City bureau in 2001 He reopened the paper’s Bogota bureau in 2006 He has also covered the wars in; Florida, Iraq He is a graduate of the University of South; News, also has been a reporter at the San Jose Mercury; Union-Tribune, San Diego; Journal, the San Diego Business (2007-11-06). "Drug traffickers use submersibles to ferry narcotics". Los Angeles Times(en inglés). Consultado o 2023-04-08.