The bloody rise of mexican drug cartels by ioan grillo 20120116 jan 1, 1800. It is hard enough to report the facts of mexicos crazy death spiral of drug violence. My work has also appeared in the new york times, bbc and guardian. Ioan grillo books list of books by author ioan grillo. Ioan grillo has created a masterwork of whos who in the drug war in north america. In brazils biggest city, a mysterious prisoner orders hit men to gun down fortyone police officers and prison guards in two days.
Journalist ioan grillo has spent a decade in mexico reporting on the drug wars from the front lines. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency ebook written by ioan grillo. His piercing book joins testimonies from inside the cartels with firsthand dispatches and unsparing analysis. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency kindle edition by grillo, ioan. Nov, 2012 if narco were a work of fiction, one might dismiss it on the grounds that its content is simply too improbable, however engaging. Grillo has achieved extraordinary access to gangsters and police often the same people. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. It is tough, straightforward, kickinthenuts reportage by a man who is determined to ignore all the ideological gibberish and see for himself. 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 vast portions. 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. Nov 01, 2011 journalist ioan grillo has spent a decade in mexico reporting on the drug wars from the front lines. Learning to be fit in all levels of life is one of the many empowering concepts of wrong to strong fitness.
Cartel gunmen have shot up schools and rehabilitation. The growing policyreform movement is a broad church. Grillo is a briton living in mexico city who has been reporting on latin america for a decade. Whats happening there has explosive potential consequences for every american, and ioan grillo s book shows you why. Now ioan grillo steps back to take the longer view. Im a journalist, writer and tv producer based in mexico city. He tells us how we got here william booth, bureau chief for mexico, central america and the caribbean washington post. The book covers the frontline of the mexican drug war. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 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. This book is a must read for anyone in law enforcement, public policy administration, and politics.
The book ends with the curtain being drawn on president calderons bloodstained terms in office and the beginning of president pena nietos rule. 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. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The two books are related in many ways, both about serious organized criminal gangs and both about shadow states, the thing that struck me.
President trump has said in an interview with former fox news bill oreilly that he will name some mexican cartels as terrorists. It includes everyone from ganjasmoking rastafarians to freemarket fundamentalists and all in between. Our personal power is always with us in this ride called life. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. The bloody rise of mexican drug cartels kindle edition by grillo, ioan. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency by ioan grillo is an outstanding chronicle of the mexican drug war.
For soldiers in mexicos drug war, more murders than they can. 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. 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. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency, and gangster warlords. Grillo even documents how mexican culture has been transformed, discussing dark narco religions and the violent yet jaunty narcocorrido music. Yet seizure rates prove that the cartels can still operate at full capacity while they fight bloody battles, suggesting a shocking futility at the heart of the violence. The bloody rise of mexican drug cartels by grillo, ioan isbn.
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. Discover book depositorys huge selection of ioan grillo books online. He shows how the mexican drugs business originally began on. 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.
This piercing book joins testimonies from inside the cartels with firsthand dispatches and unsparing analysis. In southwest mexico, a meth maker is venerated as a saint while. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency is a nonfiction book of the mexican drug war written by ioan grillo. 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. 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. Ioan grillo is journalist who has spent the last 18 years reporting on the drug war in mexico. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency, journalist ioan grillo describes what it is like to step inside a mexican warehouse filled with confiscated drugs. 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. Grillos book draws a portrait of the mexican drug cartels and how they have radically transformed in the past couple of. Ioan grillo confessions of a mexican narcofoot soldier.
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. How did we get here, given that mexico is not somalia but an advanced country with a. I look at the consequences this could have both the ones he is. He tells us how we got here william booth, bureau chief for mexico, central america and the caribbean washington post a fascinating and terrifying account sydney morning herald heartbreaking. It is a 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.