Carlos Denegri

{{Short description|Mexican journalist}}

Carlos Denegri (1910–1970) was a Mexican journalist.{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2020/01/23/learning-from-carlos-denegri-a-crooked-mexican-newsman|title=Learning from Carlos Denegri, a crooked Mexican newsman|work=The Economist|access-date=2020-01-28|issn=0013-0613}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/expresiones/carlos-denegri-el-rey-de-una-opinion-publica-prostituida-enrique-serna/1334522|title='Carlos Denegri, el rey de una opinión pública prostituida': Enrique Serna|date=2019-09-05|website=Excélsior|language=es|access-date=2020-01-28}} He has been described as "one of Latin America's best known journalists",{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/01/03/archives/mexican-newsman-is-killed-police-are-holding-his-wife.html|title=Mexican Newsman Is Killed; Police Are Holding His Wife|date=1970-01-03|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-28|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} Mexico's "most prominent journalist from the 1940s to the 1960s", and Associated Press has referred to him as "one of the ten most influential reporters in the world".

For most of his life, he worked for the Mexican Excélsior newspaper. He was shot dead in his home on January 2, 1970.