Ioan Grillo

Mexico

Journalist based in Mexico, focused on crime, drugs and gangster politics. Author of El Narco trilogy and CrashOut on Substack. Time, NYT, HBO++ Still doing it.

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Articles

Sheinbaum tiene una línea roja sobre las tropas estadounidenses

1 week ago | crashoutmedia.com | Ioan Grillo

To read the original story in English click here. En 2014, cuando la infantería de marina mexicana irrumpió en los condominios Miramar de Mazatlán para atrapar al capo de la cocaína "El Chapo", contaban con un miembro del equipo de piel bastante clara: el agente de la DEA, Andrew Hogan.
How Trump keeps Mexico afloat

1 week ago | unherd.com | Ioan Grillo

border controlImmigrationMexicorestofworldSocietyTrumpUSA As the sun rises on the rustic town of Ixmiquilpan in central Mexico, and the smell of chili-laced eggs and slow-roasted sheep wafts from the market, queues grow outside the various money transfer shops that surround the central square. When they open, women with young children, middle-aged men in baseball caps, and grandmothers with weathered faces pick up cash payments sent from their loved ones labouring in the United States.
Sheinbaum Has A Red Line On US Troops

1 week ago | crashoutmedia.com | Ioan Grillo

In 2014, when Mexican marines screeched up to the Miramar condominiums in Mazatlán to nab the cocaine king “El Chapo,” they had a rather light-skinned member of the team - DEA agent Andrew Hogan. According to Hogan, he waited outside to guard the perimeter while the marines stormed upstairs and nabbed Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, who was holed up with his beauty queen wife and a Kalashnikov.
"Fuerza Civil" ¿La mejor policía de México?

1 week ago | crashoutmedia.com | Ioan Grillo

To read the original story in English, click here. Juan Alberto Cedillo e Ioan GrilloEn la sofocante plaza central de Monterrey, la capital financiera de México, los agentes de la Fuerza Civil se agacharon en una formación de combate cerrada, alzando sus rifles AR-15 contra los matones del cártel. Los criminales estaban armados y eran despiadados, pero no estaban acostumbrados a luchar contra agentes tan organizados, y fueron rápidamente eliminados sin víctimas civiles.
"Fuerza Civil" - The Best Police in Mexico?

1 week ago | crashoutmedia.com | Ioan Grillo

Juan Alberto Cedillo and Ioan GrilloIn the sweltering central square of Mexico’s business capital of Monterrey, the officers of the Fuerza Civil police force squatted down in a tight combat formation raising their AR-15s against the cartel thugs. The criminals were armed and ruthless but not accustomed to fighting such organized officers and got swiftly taken out with no civilian casualties.
Vídeos de propaganda de cárteles: una historia

2 weeks ago | crashoutmedia.com | Ioan Grillo

To read the original story in English, click here. Un video muestra a un malandro enmascarado leyendo un mensaje en una hoja de papel, con docenas de sicarios detrás, con cascos metálicos y rifles y lanzagranadas; termina con el logo de "CDN Producciones ", en referencia al Cártel del Noreste. En otro video, hombres armados reparten regalos a niños el Día de Reyes Magos en autos decorados con globos y las siglas CJNG (Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación).
Cartel Propaganda Videos - A History

2 weeks ago | crashoutmedia.com | Ioan Grillo

A video shows a ski-masked gangster reading a message from a sheet of a paper with dozens of hit men behind him in helmets clutching rifles and grenade launchers; it finishes with a logo of “CDN Productions,” referring to the Northeast Cartel. Another film has gunmen handing out presents to children on Three Kings Day (Reyes Magos) in cars decorated with balloons and the letters CJNG, short for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
¿Está chido disfrutar de la narcocultura?

3 weeks ago | crashoutmedia.com | Ioan Grillo

To read the original story in English click here. En 2022, cuando estaba filmando una docuserie sobre el legendario cantante sinaloense Chalino Sánchez, entrevisté a un estrella actual del corrido en un estudio de Los Ángeles. Antes de empezar a grabar, me contó cómo el capo de la droga, El Mencho, lo contactó a través de un enviado para preguntarle cuánto cobraba por escribir un narcocorrido (una balada sobre narcotrafico).
¿Un ajuste de cuentas por los narcocorridos?

4 weeks ago | crashoutmedia.com | Ioan Grillo

To read the original story in English click here. Horas antes de que Luis R. Conriquez, cantante sonorense de 28 años con cientos de millones de visualizaciones en YouTube y portada de la revista Billboard, se presentara en un festival en la ciudad mexicana de Texcoco el viernes, publicó un mensaje en redes sociales. "Hay mucha gente que no entiende. Piensan que uno viene a poner reglas, pero la verdad es esa no va ver corridos en los eventos de aquí pa delante", escribió.
A Reckoning For Narco Corridos?

1 month ago | crashoutmedia.com | Ioan Grillo

Hours before Luis R. Conriquez, a 28-year old Sonoran singer with hundreds of millions of views on YouTube and a Billboard magazine front cover, was to perform at a festival in the Mexican town of Texcoco on Friday, he released a message on social media. “There are people who don’t understand and think that we make the rules but the truth is that there won’t be corridos [ballads] in the events from here onwards,” he wrote.