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his pace is furious, like driving at top speed along a wild mountain track in a pickup and there is no doubting his expertise, his compassion or his grit" - Daily Express "It is hard enough to report the facts of Mexico's crazy death spiral of drug violence. "Grillo's clear-eyed, sobering account has authority and a flair for colourful anecdotes, making for disturbing but riveting reading" - Metro "A superb report form the front lines of narco-violence" - Independent " shining example of dogged, impassioned and courageous reporting. high-octane" book ( Publishers Weekly ), Ioan Grillo draws the first definitive portrait of Mexico's cartels and how they have radically transformed. The conflict spawned by El Narco has given rise to paramilitary death squads battling from Guatemala to the Texas border (and sometimes beyond). Who are these mysterious figures who threaten Mexico's democracy? What is El Narco? El Narco is not a gang it is a movement and an industry drawing in hundreds of thousands, from bullet-riddled barrios to marijuana-covered mountains. Or is it part of a worldwide shadow economy that threatens Mexico's democracy? The United States throws Black Hawk helicopters, DEA assistance, and lots of money at the problem. And it is all because a few Americans are getting high. Forty thousand murdered since 2006 police chiefs shot within hours of taking office mass graves comparable to those of civil wars car bombs shattering storefronts headless corpses heaped in town squares. "Essential reading."-Steve Coll, The world has watched, stunned, the bloodshed in Mexico. A gripping, sobering account of how Mexican drug gangs have transformed into a criminal insurgency that threatens the nation's democracy and reaches across to the United States.