Inside mexicos criminal insurgency kindle edition by grillo, ioan. 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. 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. 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. Accomplished, chilling account of the murderous growth of mexican drug cartels. 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.
The book covers the frontline of the mexican drug war. And it has created paramilitary death squads with tens of thousands of menatarms from guatemala to the texas border. I think as one of the best books out there on the ongoing mexican drug war. Mexico citybased journalist grillo has reported from the region since 2001. Msnbc described blog del narco as mexicos goto web site on information on the countrys drug war. Steve coll, the world has watched, stunned, the bloodshed in mexico. Narcotrafico y cultura en mexico ensayo general spanish edition. 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. Essential because it explains in common sense terms what has happened and continues to happen to our southern neighbor. In 2010, the birth year of the popular and controversial website blog del narco, mexicos tumultuous drug war reached a turning point.
The bloody rise of mexican drug cartels by grillo, ioan isbn. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency, was translated into. Additionally, the houston chronicle said that blog del narco is a gritty, frontrow seat to mexicos drug war. Why blog del narco has become the most important website. Libro historia del narcotrafico en mexico descargar gratis pdf. Blog del narco is an internet sensation which has chronicled mexicos drug war with graphic images and shocking stories few others dare show. May 16, 20 blog del narco is an internet sensation which has chronicled mexicos drug war with graphic images and shocking stories few others dare show. The last narco is essential reading about one of the most pressing and dramatic stories in the news todaya true crime thriller happening in real time. I have read other books on the subject but this is definitely the best. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Books based in reykjavik, oslo, or barcelona now vie with homegrown works set in more recognisable, downatheel locations like manchester or.
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