Reportage

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

Feb 25 • Ioan Grillo

A Meth Scourge In A Mexican Pueblo

Methamphetamine is a soaring problem in small town Mexico

Feb 19 • 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

Feb 17 • 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

Feb 11 • Ioan Grillo

The Narc Asset Seizure Business

Cash is seized from cartels and handed to law enforcement. Does this create bad incentives?

Feb 5 • Ioan Grillo

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

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