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''El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency'' is a non-fiction book of the Mexican Drug War written by Ioan Grillo. In ''El Narco'', Grillo takes a close look at the Mexican drug trade, starting with the term "El Narco," which has come to represent the vast, faceless criminal network of drug traffickers who cast a murderous shadow over Mexico. The book covers the frontline of the Mexican Drug War. It seeks to trace the origins of the illegal drug trade in Mexico, the recent escalation of violence, the human cost of the drug trade and organized crime in the country.〔 The book takes a critical stance on the unsuccessful efforts made by the Mexican government and the United States to confront the violence and its causes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wola.org/event/el_narco_a_discussion_with_journalist_and_author_ioan_grillo )〕〔 〕 Grillo's book draws a portrait of the Mexican drug cartels and how they have radically transformed in the past couple of decades.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781608192113 )〕 For the author, the criminal organizations in Mexico are not gangs; they are a "movement and an industry drawing in hundreds of thousands from bullet-ridden barrios to marijuana-growing mountains." The book explains how the cartels have created paramilitary death squads with tens of thousands of armed men from the country of Guatemala to the Texan border.〔 It contains testimonies from members inside of the cartels; and while ''El Narco'' shows that the "devastation" of the Mexican Drug War may be south of the U.S. border, Grillo pinpoints that the United States "is knee-deep in this conflict."〔 In the British edition, published in September 2011, the book bore the subtitle, "The Bloody Rise of Mexican Drug Cartels." The US edition came out two months later, bearing a different subtitle. A Spanish-language version of the book titled "El narco: En el corazón de la insurgencia criminal mexicana" has also been released.〔 〕 ==Author's background== Ioan Grillo is an English journalist and author of the book ''El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency''. He has been reporting on the Mexican Drug War and the Latin American illegal drug trade since 2001. He is currently a correspondent for ''TIME magazine'' as well as producing TV special reports and documentaries for stations including ''PBS'' and ''Channel 4'' of the United Kingdom.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.texasbookfestival.org/Author_Page.php?aid=4318 )〕 Grillo has also worked as a reporter for ''CNN'', ''The Houston Chronicle'', and ''Sunday Telegraph'', where he has witnesses military operations, mafia killings, and drug seizures in his work.〔 〕 He has reported on ''Al Jazeera'', ''France 24'', ''The Sunday Times'', ''Gatopardo'', and ''The San Francisco Chronicle'' too. He currently lives in Mexico City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/author/ioan-grillo )〕 According to the biography section in his official webpage, Grillo grew up in the coastal city of Brighton, England—famous for its pink candy, pebble beaches, colleges and bubbling night clubs.〔 On the darker side, however, Brighton is notorious for being one of British's top places for drug consumption. And according to the author, few people there realize where the substances they are intaking come from or what they might give or takeaway from those countries.〔 Moreover, Grillo began working as a drug war journalist after being fascinated "by the riddle of these ghost-like figures" who make more than $30 billion U.S. dollars a year and are idolized in popular songs known as narcocorridos and chased by the Mexican and U.S. authorities.〔 For over a decade, Grillo has followed the end-less murder scenes in "bullet-ridden streets, mountains where drugs are born as pretty flowers, and scarred criminals from prison cells to luxury condos."〔 Grillo has discussed the drug war with two Mexican presidents, three attorneys general and a U.S. ambassador, among others. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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