Feb 26, 2019 ioan grillo is journalist who has spent the last 18 years reporting on the drug war in mexico. He has been reporting on the mexican drug war and the latin american illegal drug trade since 2001. Crazu book it teaches about the begginings of narco history. Confessions of a mexican narco foot soldier for a confessed drugcartel hood whose alias is the nut job, marco vinicio cobo is remarkably calm and plainlooking. Feb 26, 2019 honest interview with drug cartel hitman meet the drug lords. When i first arrived in mexico in 2000, i worked in the shabby offices of the mexico city news, an englishlanguage daily run out of the capitals historic center. He shows how the mexican drugs business originally began on. Ecoutez ce livre audio gratuitement avec loffre dessai. Whats happening there has explosive potential consequences for every american, and ioan grillo s book shows you why. 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. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency, commented on concerns over narco cultura. Mexicos top 10 narcoconspiracy theories insight crime. What really happened in brazils slums after the olympics left town joe rogan and ben anderson duration.
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. Ioan grillo pulls no punches and raises interesting questions and highlights the many conundrums these are as valid now as when the book was first published. Cartel gunmen have shot up schools and rehabilitation. Grillo has achieved extraordinary access to gangsters and police often the same people.
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. Im only a quarter of the way through it and im already passed kiki and felix, and its now moving on to chapo and co. 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. Moving between militiacontrolled ghettos and the halls of top policy makers, grillo provides a disturbing new understanding of a war that has. Several books in spanish have taken on the task of explaining the terrifying and confusing course of the contemporary mexican drug wars. First and foremost, i have always wanted to read about the drug organizationscartels. Sitting in the bluewalled interrogation room of a mexican army base, the chubby, goateed 30yearold coolly describes his work for the zetas, a feared paramilitary force responsible. On january 5th, 2017, foreign policy placed mexico in the top ten conflicts to watch in 2017. Ioan grillo is journalist who has spent the last 18 years reporting on the drug war in mexico. In southwest mexico, a meth maker is venerated as a. But grillo s is, as far as i know, the first attempt in english for a popular audience.
As an editor for a travel site and managing editor for the peoples guide to mexico, one of my goals is to, you know, encourage people to go to mexico. 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. News anchor marcos knapp had been broadcasting reports of narco carnage all week from his western state of michoacan. It is hard enough to report the facts of mexicos crazy death spiral of drug violence. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency is a nonfiction book of the mexican drug war written by ioan grillo. Im a journalist, writer and tv producer based in mexico city. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency grillo, ioan on. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency ebook written by ioan grillo. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency kindle edition by grillo, ioan. Journalist ioan grillo has spent a decade in mexico reporting on the drug wars from the front lines.
Ioan grillo confessions of a mexican narcofoot soldier. Michoacan, ciudad juarezrecording interviews with cops and narcos. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency by ioan grillo, the power of the dog by don winslow, lo. 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. He tells us how we got here william booth, bureau chief for mexico, central america and the caribbean washington post. In brazils biggest city, a mysterious prisoner orders hit men to gun down fortyone police officers and prison guards in two days.
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 states. Of course its a book on narcos, so it shows the worst side of mexico. Narco journalist details mexican drug cartel history joe. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency by ioan grillo is an outstanding chronicle of the mexican drug war. Narcos starts on the beggining of history with chinas dependancy on opium and. The world has watched stunned at the bloodshed in mexico. Its my job to say that your fears about mexico are overblown, that the media is mongering fear, that our vision of modern mexico is skewed by the press, that.
Crazu book it teaches about the begginings of narco. Moving between militiacontrolled ghettos and the halls. Drug dollars, killing fields and the new politics of latin america ioan grillo duration. There were many books referenced, but somehow i stumbled upon ioan grillos book. His piercing book joins testimonies from inside the cartels with firsthand dispatches and unsparing analysis. Las guerras ocultas del narco the drug lords hidden wars by juan alberto cedillo.
But grillos is, as far as i know, the first attempt in english for a popular audience. Whats happening there has explosive potential consequences for every american, and ioan grillos book shows you why. Honest interview with drug cartel hitman meet the drug lords. As rival cartels battle for control of a billiondollar drug trade, the body count 23,000 dead in five years and sheer horror beggar the imagination of journalistic witnesses. Whats happening there has explosive potential consequences for every. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency and gangster warlords are available now. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Narcos starts on the beggining of history with chinas dependancy on opium and continues to teach about the beggining of import of drugs into the us and the constant battles. Ioan grillo has clearly read all of the most important works of the fearless mexican journalists who cover the mexican drug trade. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency is a non fiction book of the mexican drug war written by ioan grillo. Joe rogan what trumps border wall means for drug cartels. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. This piercing book joins testimonies from inside the cartels with firsthand dispatches and unsparing analysis. Now ioan grillo steps back to take the longer view.
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