The gripping account of the outofcontrol drug wars that have brought chao. 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. 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. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency by ioan grillo is an outstanding chronicle of the mexican drug war. Im a journalist, writer and tv producer based in mexico city. The bloody rise of mexican drug cartels by grillo, ioan isbn. Moving between militiacontrolled ghettos and the halls of top policy makers, grillo provides a disturbing new understanding of a war that has. 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, has performed his dodiligence by risking life and limb sort of by reporting from the field and interviewing the people involved on both sides of the issue, he ruins it by employing slangstreet terms to describe them in his narrators voice. He regularly appears on radio and tv, commenting on mexican crime and other issues. Veteran mexico correspondent ioan grillo traces the gangs from their origins as smugglers to their present status as criminal empires. 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. The one with the look into whats going on south of the border. The president gets a chance to meet one of his favorite authors, british journalist ioan grillo, who has covered the mexican. Grillo is a briton living in mexico city who has been reporting on latin america for a decade. The narco cartels are a threat to the mexican government, and their violence has now reached as far as north carolina. A gripping, sobering account of how mexican drug gangs have transformed into a criminal insurgency that threatens the nations democracy and reaches across to the united states. He reports for time magazine as well as producing presentations for stations including pbs, abc and channel 4 of the uk. The bloody rise of mexican drug cartels by ioan grillo 20120116 jan 1, 1800.
Accomplished, chilling account of the murderous growth of mexican drug cartels. After reading the authors most recent publication gangster warlords, which offered an good overarching narrative of the drug wars and criminal violence. 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. 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. In southwest mexico, a meth maker is venerated as a saint while. 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. Whats happening there has explosive potential consequences for every american, and ioan grillo s book shows you why. 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. He shows how the mexican drugs business originally began on. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency grillo, ioan on. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency, journalist ioan grillo describes what it is like to step inside a mexican warehouse filled with confiscated drugs.
Inside mexicos criminal insurgency, by ioan grillo. The trade driving mexicos drug war in his new book, british journalist ioan grillo takes a close look at the mexican drug war. A native of england, ioan grillo has covered mexico since 2001 for top newspapers, magazines and tv stations in the us and uk. Steve coll, the world has watched, stunned, the bloodshed in mexico. There were many books referenced, but somehow i stumbled upon ioan grillo s book. I guess with the goal of impressing us all of his street cred. This piercing book joins testimonies from inside the cartels with firsthand dispatches and unsparing analysis. Journalist ioan grillo has spent a decade in mexico reporting on the drug wars from the front lines. Blog del narco, an internet sensation dubbed a frontrow seat to mexicos agony over drugs, has become a mustread for authorities, drug gangs and ordinary people because it lays bare, day after day, the horrific violence censored by the mainstream media. Nov, 2012 a gripping, sobering account of how mexican drug gangs have transformed into a criminal insurgency that threatens the nations democracy and reaches across to the united states. Grillo has achieved extraordinary access to gangsters and police often the same people. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Inside mexicos criminal insurgency is a nonfiction book of the mexican drug war written by ioan grillo. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency by ioan grillo at indigo. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. Msnbc described blog del narco as mexicos goto web site on information on the countrys drug war. Essential because it explains in common sense terms what has happened and continues to happen to our southern neighbor. Please hit like and subscribe if you enjoyed this video. Additionally, the houston chronicle said that blog del narco is a gritty, frontrow seat to mexicos drug war. In brazils biggest city, a mysterious prisoner orders hit men to gun down fortyone police officers and prison guards in two days. Each week, our editors select the one author and one book they believe.
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