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Ioan Grillo
@ioangrillo
Journalist based in Mexico, focused on crime, drugs + gangster politics. Director of CrashOut Media, author of El Narco trilogy. Time, NYT, HBO+ Still doing it.
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    Ioan Grillo
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    Jul 21, 2022
    Totally thrilled and humbled to have won the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for journalism. It's been a rocky road of 21 years, 1000+ stories, three books, stress, adrenaline, and covering too much bloodshed, tears, beauty and heroism. This recognition means a million dollars to me.
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    Ioan Grillo
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    Feb 2, 2025
    It's true there is huge narco corruption in Mexico. It's also true that: - US gives sweetheart deals to narco snitches - US shops supply guns to cartels - CIA has worked with drug traffickers - US has biggest drug market in world - There are corrupt US police and border agents
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    Ioan Grillo
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    Mar 15, 2025
    In the Zocalo of Mexico City, people are placing shoes and candles in remembrance of the murdered and disappeared in Jalisco and across Mexico.
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    Ioan Grillo
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    Feb 28, 2025
    BOOM - Video just sent said to be Rafael Caro Quintero arriving in New York.
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    Ioan Grillo
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    Jul 15, 2022
    BOOM Rafael "Caro" Quintero is captured by Mexican marines, according to reports. The arrest comes right after the Mexican president met with Biden, and follows a ramped up reward campaign by the DEA. Caro Quintero has been fighting those loyal to the Chapitos in Sonora. 1)
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    Ioan Grillo
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    Feb 3, 2025
    Yes, Mexico Has Deep Narco Corruption, But So Does The USA - Border Agents working with cartels - CIA has worked with traffickers - U.S. gun shops sell to cartels - Cartel snitches get sweetheart deals - U.S. banks launder drug money Read the story at:↓
    Yes, Mexico Has Narco Corruption; So Does The USA
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    Ioan Grillo
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    Jan 5, 2023
    Ovidio is already in Campo 1, the top military base in Mexico City, according to Radio Formula. AMLO is killing the demon of the Culiacanazo, capturing El Raton right before the Biden visit to Mexico next week.
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    Ioan Grillo
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    Jul 29, 2024
    EXCLUSIVE: Sinaloa Cartel Operative Offers Details Of El Mayo Capture Mayo went from Durango to Culiacán to meet doctors about cancer. He was lured to a supposed meeting with Joaquín Guzmán and politician Héctor M. Cuén. His bodyguards were taken. Read↓
    Exclusive: Sinaloa Cartel Operative Reveals Bloody Details Of El Mayo Capture
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    Ioan Grillo
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    Feb 26, 2019
    Thanks loads to @joerogan for having me on his show talking about my 18 years covering the drug war in Mexico. Great conversation bringing in drug legalization, guns, The Wall, Chapo trial, Sean Penn and much more. Check out clips of it on...
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    Ioan Grillo
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    Jul 18, 2020
    Narcos have long worn military fatigues but the numbers and weaponry of these Cartel Jalisco New Generation troops is beyond nuts. This is why we cannot understand them as just criminals - when they so resemble a paramilitary or guerrilla force -
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    Héctor de Mauleón
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    Jul 18, 2020
    Abrazos, no balazos. 👇
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    Ioan Grillo
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    Jul 16, 2022
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    This appears to be Max, the dog who caught drug lord Caro Quintero...
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    Ioan Grillo
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    Jul 30, 2024
    The Detention of El Mayo - A Thread The arrest in the US of Mayo Zambada, such a huge figure in the Mexican narco world, was a truly seismic event. Two explanations emerged: 1) La Traición, or treachery: The son of El Chapo betrayed Mayo. 2) El Pacto: Mayo made a deal. 1/
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    Ioan Grillo
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    Sep 17, 2024
    I spent the last 3 days following the crime beat - or nota roja - in Culiacán, Sinaloa to better understand the Mayo-Chapitos war on the ground. It's brutal and tragic, and its unprecedented how the cartel war has paralyzed a major city for a week. Full story coming very soon.
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    Ioan Grillo
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    Feb 27, 2025
    HISTORIC NARCO EXTRADITIONS A total of 29 narcos are being extradited from Mexico to US today former DEA agent Mike Vigil tells me. (Some say more). "This is the highest number of extraditions in the history of Mexico, without question. This is historic. It's a very bold move."
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