Apr 05, 20 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. The barbaric acts that the islamic state has become infamous for, beheading, mass execution and exploitation of women, may have been pioneered by the drug cartels. The book covers the frontline of the mexican drug war. 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. Mapa mexico y pueblos magicos rascar scratch map 42x30. Grillo even documents how mexican culture has been transformed, discussing dark narco religions and the violent yet jaunty narcocorrido music.
Inside mexicos criminal insurgency is a nonfiction book of the mexican drug war written by ioan grillo. Violence in choix result of lemo nunez switching from cds to blo. Mexico citybased journalist grillo has reported from the region since 2001. Violencia en mexico genera pueblos fantasma noticias. 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. 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. 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. 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. I originally read this book years ago and have since also read sicario, which is an excellent book on the narcos and their inner workings.
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. Sep 08, 20 more than month after violent confrontations began driving families from the sierra of sinaloa, there is no let up in sight to the violence, as groups of drug traffickers who are disputing control of the plazas on the borders of the states of sinaloa and chihuahua burn homes and kill anyone in their path. San fernando tamaulipas, pueblo fantasma por narco youtube. 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. Accomplished, chilling account of the murderous growth of mexican drug cartels. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency by ioan grillo is an outstanding chronicle of the mexican drug war. 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. 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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