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Ioan grillo became a contributing writer for the international new york times in the spring of 2016. This piercing book joins testimonies from inside the cartels with firsthand dispatches and unsparing analysis. Libro nuevo o segunda mano, sinopsis, resumen y opiniones. Im a journalist based in mexico, covering drugs, crime, politics, gangs and other interlinking issues. The book covers the frontline of the mexican drug war. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency by ioan grillo is an outstanding chronicle of the mexican drug war. In brazils biggest city, a mysterious prisoner orders hit men to gun down fortyone police officers and prison guards in two days. 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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