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The "Menchazo" Leaves More Than 60 Dead

Jalisco Cartel attacks following Mencho death take narco blockades to unprecedented level

Feb 23 • 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

Feb 23 • Ioan Grillo

Snow King: Surrender or Snatched?

Lawyer claims Ryan Wedding didn't hand himself in and cites Maduro case; Sheinbaum says he did and shows contested Instagram post

Jan 27 • Ioan Grillo

Is The Sinaloa Cartel Ramping Up "Pink Cocaine?"

The designer drug is not actually blow but cashes in on the name

Jan 20 • Ioan Grillo

Colombian Troops Counter Guerrillas Crossing From Venezuela

I rode with Colombian forces the day after U.S. forces nabbed Maduro and report from the Venezuelan border

Jan 5 • Ioan Grillo

Trump Goes For Delta-Force Regime Change

U.S. special forces capture Maduro in brazen operation

Jan 3 • Ioan Grillo

How many U.S. narcs have "crossed the line" and is there a CIA connection?

Dec 16, 2025 • Ioan Grillo

The Truth About "Canadian Chapo" Ryan Wedding?

The snowboarder may be guilty of cocaine trafficking but comparisons with Escobar are massively overblown

Dec 10, 2025 • Ioan Grillo

Honduras and Trump's Narco Pardon

Overturning a narco conviction throws Washington's war on drugs on its head; I look at the lobbying behind it

Dec 1, 2025 • Ioan Grillo

Mexico: Time For Heroes?

Michoacán bequeaths martyrs in the fight against cartels

Nov 4, 2025 • Ioan Grillo

Luz del Mundo Allegations: Sex Trafficking, Child Abuse and Paramilitaries

Does the Guadalajara mega church operate like a mafia?

Oct 2, 2025 • Ioan Grillo

Mexico's Marines In Hot Water

The elite Mexican force that worked with U.S. agents to get Chapo faces a growing scandal

Sep 11, 2025 • Ioan Grillo

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