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Drug dollars, killing fields, and the new politics of latin america, on a ranch south of texas, the man known as the executioner leaves five hundred body parts in metal barrels. Whats happening there has explosive potential consequences for every american, and ioan grillos book shows you why. In his book, ioan charts mexicos trajectory from a relatively minor producer of marijuana and low grade opiates, to a major trafficking node for every kind of high grade. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency, is that the mexican city. It is a piercing portrait of a drug trade that turns ordinary men into mass murderers, as well as a diagnosis of what drives the cartels and what gives them such power. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency by grillo, ioan looks at the extremely violent criminal drug cartels that have arisen in mexico, maintaining that the phenomenon has in fact turned into a broadbased insurgency in support of drug traffic profits.

Inside mexicos criminal insurgency, released by bloomsbury press on oct. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Accomplished, chilling account of the murderous growth of mexican drug cartels. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency by ioan grillo at indigo. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency by ioan grillo is an outstanding chronicle of the mexican drug war. A recent report financed by the government found that 120,000 juarez residents. Moving between militiacontrolled ghettos and the halls of top policy makers, grillo provides a disturbing new understanding of a war that has. About gangster warlords without this testimony, we simply cannot grasp what is going on.

The bloody rise of mexican drug cartels by grillo, ioan isbn. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency, is an account of how mexicos cartels were once drug smugglers who later radically transformed into. There have been more than 34,000 casualties in the mexican drug war of the past decade. Bbcs just released video, featuring ioan grillo, stems from the reported murder of tamaulipas sdr tweeter, dr. Mexicos national university claims there are several million, although the government retorts that there are only a few hundred thousand. Jul 02, 2012 ioan grillo has reported on crime in mexico for over ten years and he not only knows his subject backwards and forwards, but, unlike the vast majority of journalists, is somehow able to leave his personal politics whatever they are out of his writing. In brazils biggest city, a mysterious prisoner orders hit men to gun down fortyone police officers and prison guards in two days. Ioan grillo has reported on crime in mexico for over ten years and he not only knows his subject backwards and forwards, but, unlike the vast majority of journalists, is somehow able to leave his personal politics whatever they are out of his writing. For those who would prefer an accurate fictional account, i highly recommend don winslows books the power of the dog and its sequel the cartel. Whats happening there has explosive potential consequences for every american, and ioan grillo s book shows you why. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Grillo has achieved extraordinary access to gangsters and police often the same people. He reports for time magazine as well as producing presentations for stations including pbs, abc and channel 4 of the uk. It has been too easy for the world to step back and.

Msnbc described blog del narco as mexicos goto web site on information on the countrys drug war. For a criminal conspiracy, the numbers beggar belief. Ive been covering latin america since 2001 for news media including time magazine, cnn, the associated press, global post, the houston chronicle, pbs newshour, al jazeera english, france 24, cbc, the sunday telegraph, the sunday times, gatopardo, the san francisco chronicle and many others. The world has watched stunned at the bloodshed in mexico. Bestselling author ioan grillo on the new breed of criminal kingpin. Oct 27, 2014 bbcs just released video, featuring ioan grillo, stems from the reported murder of tamaulipas sdr tweeter, dr. Maria was the 5th person killed, for her blogging of narco news and sdr situations of risk reports. Im a journalist, writer and tv producer based in mexico city. Additionally, the houston chronicle said that blog del narco is a gritty, frontrow seat to mexicos drug war. In southwest mexico, a meth maker is venerated as a saint while. He regularly appears on radio and tv, commenting on mexican crime and other issues. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency grillo, ioan on.

The president gets a chance to meet one of his favorite authors, british journalist ioan grillo, who has covered the mexican. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency, journalist ioan grillo describes what it is like to step inside a mexican warehouse filled with confiscated drugs. Journalist ioan grillo has spent a decade in mexico reporting on the drug wars from the front lines. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency is a nonfiction book of the mexican drug war written by ioan grillo. He shows how the mexican drugs business originally began on. One of the largest populations of ni nis is in ciudad juarez, considered by many to be the most murderous city on the planet.