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Mexican Journalist Carlos Ferreyra Carrasco Dies at 87

His passing caps a career rooted in Excélsior’s 1970s newsroom that shaped a generation of Mexican reporters.

Overview

  • Ferreyra died on October 8, 2025 at age 87, with La Silla Rota reporting natural causes.
  • His family said a funeral will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at Gayosso Santa Fe in Mexico City.
  • He began in Excélsior’s Últimas Noticias in the 1970s, becoming part of the cohort marked by the 1976 editorial rupture.
  • His career spanned Unomásuno, Notimex, Prensa Latina and public media, and he served as an editorial adviser to the Senate from 2001 to 2006.
  • He received a 1994 CONACULTA recognition, was honored in life in 2023, and in later interviews described severe vision and hearing loss as he reflected on end‑of‑life wishes.