And it has created paramilitary death squads with tens of thousands of menatarms from guatemala to the texas border. The book covers the frontline of the mexican drug war. Narco x is an incredible story of one mans journey from australia to the depths of the amazon. If he lives or if he doesnt, let me rush now to say he is a better man than i am.
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. He argues that the mexican drug war is inextricably linked to the. There have been more than 34,000 casualties in the mexican drug war of the past decade. Historia del narcotrafico en mexico by guillermo valdes. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency is a nonfiction book of the mexican drug war written by ioan grillo. Grillos cleareyed, sobering account has authority and a flair for colourful anecdotes, making. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency grillo, ioan on. Grillos book draws a portrait of the mexican drug cartels and how they have radically transformed in the past couple of decades.
This book is so outrageous it has to be true from start to finish. 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. Steven valentino is the australian george jung who managed to not get sent to prison for life. 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. It has been too easy for the world to step back and.
Mexico citybased journalist grillo has reported from the region since 2001. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The bloody rise of mexican drug cartels english edition ebook. Like but the ugly truth is that a huge number of weapons made or sold in the united states go to mexican cartels. Journalist ioan grillo has spent a decade in mexico reporting on the drug wars from the front lines. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Journalist ioan grillo has spent a decade in mexico reporting on the drug wars. 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. Narco xbuy sensational book at amazonsteven valentino. War is no exaggeration in discussing the bloodshed that has terrorized mexico in the past decades. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency kindle edition by grillo, ioan. The definitive history of the drug cartels, narcoland takes readers to the front.
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. Steve coll, the world has watched, stunned, the bloodshed in mexico. The product of five years investigative reporting, the subject of intense national controversy, and the source of death threats that forced the national human rights commission to assign two fulltime bodyguards to its author, anabel hernandez, narcoland has been a publishing and political sensation in mexico. 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. For a criminal conspiracy, the numbers beggar belief. The world has watched stunned at the bloodshed in mexico. The bloody rise of mexican drug cartels english edition. The book ends with the curtain being drawn on president calderons bloodstained terms in office and the beginning of president pena nietos rule. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency, is an account of how mexicos cartels were once drug smugglers who later radically transformed into. The definitive history of the drug cartels, narcoland takes readers to the. 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.
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