Steven valentino is the australian george jung who managed to not get sent to prison for life. He argues that the mexican drug war is inextricably linked to the. Narco x is an incredible story of one mans journey from australia to the depths of the amazon. Steve coll, the world has watched, stunned, the bloodshed in mexico.
There have been more than 34,000 casualties in the mexican drug war of the past decade. The bloody rise of mexican drug cartels english edition. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency by ioan grillo is an outstanding chronicle of the mexican drug war. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency kindle edition by grillo, ioan. And it has created paramilitary death squads with tens of thousands of menatarms from guatemala to the texas border. 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. Grillos book draws a portrait of the mexican drug cartels and how they have radically transformed in the past couple of decades. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. 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. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Journalist ioan grillo has spent a decade in mexico reporting on the drug wars from the front lines. 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. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency, is an account of how mexicos cartels were once drug smugglers who later radically transformed into.
If he lives or if he doesnt, let me rush now to say he is a better man than i am. Journalist ioan grillo has spent a decade in mexico reporting on the drug wars. Historia del narcotrafico en mexico by guillermo valdes. The bloody rise of mexican drug cartels english edition ebook. 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. 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.
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