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. Oct 27, 2014 bbcs just released video, featuring ioan grillo, stems from the reported murder of tamaulipas sdr tweeter, dr. 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. The world has watched stunned at the bloodshed in mexico. A native of england, ioan grillo has covered mexico since 2001 for top newspapers, magazines and tv stations in the us and uk. In brazils biggest city, a mysterious prisoner orders hit men to gun down fortyone police officers and prison guards in two days. This book should be required reading for anyone interested in understanding why there is such a drug war, how it started, and why its not going to go away anytime soon. Whats happening there has explosive potential consequences for every american, and ioan grillo s book shows you why. 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, is that the mexican city. 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. He regularly appears on radio and tv, commenting on mexican crime and other issues.
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Maria was the 5th person killed, for her blogging of narco news and sdr situations of risk reports. A recent report financed by the government found that 120,000 juarez residents. Mexicos national university claims there are several million, although the government retorts that there are only a few hundred thousand. Bbcs just released video, featuring ioan grillo, stems from the reported murder of tamaulipas sdr tweeter, dr. 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. There have been more than 34,000 casualties in the mexican drug war of the past decade. Ioan grillo has reported on latin america since 2001 for international media including time magazine, reuters, cnn, the associated press, pbs newshour, the houston chronicle, cbc, and the sunday telegraph. It has been too easy for the world to step back and. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency, journalist ioan grillo describes what it is like to step inside a mexican warehouse filled with confiscated drugs. For a criminal conspiracy, the numbers beggar belief. Bestselling author ioan grillo on the new breed of criminal kingpin. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The bloody rise of mexican drug cartels by grillo, ioan isbn.
One of the largest populations of ni nis is in ciudad juarez, considered by many to be the most murderous city on the planet. About gangster warlords without this testimony, we simply cannot grasp what is going on. 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. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency by ioan grillo at indigo. Additionally, the houston chronicle said that blog del narco is a gritty, frontrow seat to mexicos drug war. He shows how the mexican drugs business originally began on. Grillo has achieved extraordinary access to gangsters and police often the same people. This piercing book joins testimonies from inside the cartels with firsthand dispatches and unsparing analysis.
Moving between militiacontrolled ghettos and the halls of top policy makers, grillo provides a disturbing new understanding of a war that has. Whats happening there has explosive potential consequences for every american, and ioan grillos book shows you why. Journalist ioan grillo has spent a decade in mexico reporting on the drug wars from the front lines. A gripping, sobering account of how mexican drug gangs have transformed into a criminal insurgency that threatens the nations democracy and spirals into the united.