The mexican drug gang known as the zetas, who stand accused of beating scores of people to death in tamaulipas and then dumping their bodies in mass graves, are apparently attempting to improve their image by funding parties for local children every april 30, mexico celebrates childrens day, which celebrates the importance of children and promotes their wellbeing. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Who are these mysterious figures tearing mexico apart. Heriberto lazcano, who was head of the zetas cartel, was supposedly killed last week after a shootout with the mexican military. It has been a mustread for authorities, drug gangs. When the soldiers asked the guests about the motive of the narco party, unfortunately no one knew whom the party was for so the authorities didnt know how to specify the type of event, nor who had organized it. Also, cue the birth of a new narcolegend, right up there with lord of the skies amado.
Three new books offer a look back at the groups violent legacy. Drug dollars, killing fields, and the new politics of latin america, on a ranch south of texas, the man known as the executioner leaves five hundred body parts in metal barrels. The glossary contains 42 spanish terms related to the narco wars, ranging. 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. And it has created paramilitary death squads with tens of thousands of menatarms from guatemala to the texas border. 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. What three new books on the zetas tell us about the. People close to the capo will tell you that heriberto is one of three sons from ramon lazcano s first marriage. 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. During his tenure in the mexican army, lazcano reportedly received military training from the israeli defense forces and the united states army, but. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
In southwest mexico, a meth maker is venerated as a saint while. 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. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency ebook written by ioan grillo. The majority of the book, part ii to part v spanning chapter 447 is then. The world has watched stunned at the bloodshed in mexico. Manolo vargas is a mexican citizen recruited to work as an undercover dea agent within the lazcano cartel. What three new books on the zetas tell us about the legendary crime group. Accomplished, chilling account of the murderous growth of mexican drug cartels. What three new books on the zetas tell us about the legendary.
Inside mexicos criminal insurgency by ioan grillo, the power of the dog by don winslow, lo. The bloody rise of mexican drug cartels by grillo, ioan isbn. 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. People that say they knew the narco recall that it was very common to see. Mexico citybased journalist grillo has reported from the region since 2001. Narco saints vander kaay, chris, clingman, wayne on.
Read this book and over 1 million others with a kindle unlimited membership. Navy announced lazcano had been killed during a violent confrontation with federal authorities. 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. Mexicans sometimes lay the blame for the drug war on the united states, which is the source of the vast amounts of money that flow into the drug cartels, corrupting mexican society. Tag archive for heriberto lazcano narco confidential. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency kindle edition by grillo, ioan. In brazils biggest city, a mysterious prisoner orders hit men to gun down fortyone police officers and prison guards in two days.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. 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. 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. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency by ioan grillo is an outstanding chronicle of the mexican drug war. 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 cases disclosures offer a more comprehensive view of a criminal enterprise than one typically encounters in 20 narcobooks, and both authors do an admirable job filtering the oceans of information, including thousands of pages of court filings, into a digestible narrative.