Reportage

Cocaine Narcos Versus "Uncontacted Tribes"

Simeon Tegel travels with an "Indigenous Guard" defending the Peruvian Amazon

Dec 22, 2025 • Ioan Grillo

Entrevista con el gemelo de la cocaína de Chicago

Margarito Flores, quien delató a El Chapo, busca redención

Nov 27, 2025 • Ioan Grillo

Gang Murder in Marseilles

CrashOut dives into France's crime capital and interviews the activist whose brother was just assassinated

Nov 24, 2025 • Ioan Grillo

Cartels Versus Environmentalists

Organized crime targets Mexico's defenders of nature

Nov 20, 2025 • Ioan Grillo

My Reader, "The Punisher" Duterte, Part 2

I sat down twice with the president of the Philippines; it was one of the most challenging situations I've had as a journalist and I only now tell the…

Nov 12, 2025 • Ioan Grillo

My Reader, "The Punisher" Duterte

I sat down twice with the president of the Philippines; it was one of the most challenging situations I've had as a journalist and I only now tell the…

Nov 12, 2025 • Ioan Grillo

Mexican Watchdogs (Journalists) Under Fire

An excerpt from Andrew Paxman's new book "Mexican Watchdogs" out today

Oct 28, 2025 • Ioan Grillo

Cuautla, Capital of Extortion

I investigate how the touristic state of Morelos became the second most violent in Mexico

Oct 17, 2025 • Ioan Grillo

Narco Bling and Dirty-Money Laundromats

Part Two on the twisted world of drug wealth and cartel-omics

Oct 9, 2025 • Ioan Grillo

Cuini and Ayotzinapa's Narco Witnesses

Under AMLO, investigators gave dubious benefits to cartel bosses, including the financial brain of the Jalisco Cartel, further twisting the case of…

Sep 25, 2025 • Ioan Grillo

Carlos Lehder’s Vida Loca in the Medellín Cartel

In an exclusive interview, the former cocaine king discussed Pablo Escobar trying to kill him, his Netflix portrayal as a narco Nazi, and testifying…

Sep 17, 2025 • Ioan Grillo

The Truth About Date-Murders in Colombia

Does "Devil's Breath" really turn you into a pliable zombie? How dark is the sex industry?

Aug 22, 2025 • Ioan Grillo

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