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February 2026

My Reader "The Punisher" Duterte At The ICC
As the former Philippine president faces the court, I'm releasing my interviews with him with no paywall
 • Ioan Grillo
The "Menchazo" Leaves More Than 60 Dead
Jalisco Cartel attacks following Mencho death take narco blockades to unprecedented level
 • Ioan Grillo
Mexican Troops Slay Mencho And His Thugs Set Country On Fire
Washington gave intel on CJNG leader; Mexico City ruled he not be taken alive
 • Ioan Grillo
A Meth Scourge In A Mexican Pueblo
Methamphetamine is a soaring problem in small town Mexico
 • Ioan Grillo
Four Years of Bukele's Gang Crackdown
Murder rates still way down; Bukele wildy popular; journalists have fled; poverty still terrible; Latin American leaders copy Bukele
 • Ioan Grillo
Cartel Extortion Of Mines
The murder of engineers from a mine of Canada's Vizsla company highlights a wider security issue as Mexico opens to more U.S. involvement in sector
 • Ioan Grillo
The Narc Asset Seizure Business
Cash is seized from cartels and handed to law enforcement. Does this create bad incentives?
 • Ioan Grillo
Inside The Venezuelan Militias
Martín Markovits spent years filming with the Caracas colectivos and reveals their dark alliances
 • Ioan Grillo
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