Mexican Drug War

Ioan Grillo’s new book El Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency details the growing drug problem in Mexico.  For the last decade, Grillo has lived in Mexico, interviewing key people inside the drug cartels and reporting on the estimated 40,000 murders that have occurred over the last five years.  

Salon reviews it as well as NPR Books, who also offers an excerpt.  Intrigued?  Visit the library to check out the full book.