Hace 25 anos, juan jesus posadas ocampo fue asesinado en las. Cardinal juan jesus posadas ocampo 1926 1993 youtube. Disheartening because it shows that the prospects for improvement are slim to none. After a lengthy 11week trial, a jury on tuesday convicted joaquin guzman loera, the mexican drug. Benjamin arellano felix ebook written by juan carlos reyna, farrah fresnedo. Mexico citybased journalist grillo has reported from the region since 2001. Some argue that his advent occurred on december 25, 1954.
For those who would prefer an accurate fictional account, i highly recommend don winslows books the power of the dog and its sequel the cartel. Accomplished, chilling account of the murderous growth of mexican drug cartels. He would bring women who spent days in his cell without any restrictions, and he also managed to. A gripping, sobering account of how mexican drug gangs have transformed into a criminal insurgency that threatens the nations democracy and reaches across to the united states. This book should be required reading for anyone interested in understanding why there is such a drug war, how it started, and why its not going to go away anytime soon. Investigation exposes truth behind narcomurder of mexican cardinal. The book covers the frontline of the mexican drug war. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency is a nonfiction book of the mexican drug war written by ioan grillo. Nov, 2012 a gripping, sobering account of how mexican drug gangs have transformed into a criminal insurgency that threatens the nations democracy and reaches across to the united states. It is a piercing portrait of a drug trade that turns ordinary men into mass murderers, as well as a diagnosis of what drives the cartels and what gives them such power. Its my job to say that your fears about mexico are overblown, that the media is mongering fear, that our vision of modern mexico is skewed by the press, that vast portions. As an editor for a travel site and managing editor for the peoples guide to mexico, one of my goals is to, you know, encourage people to go to mexico.
Posadas ocampo, archbishop of guadalajara, mexico, as well as. Ioan grillo has reported on latin america since 2001 for international media including time magazine, reuters, cnn, the associated press, pbs newshour, the houston chronicle, cbc, and the sunday telegraph. Mexicos top 10 narcoconspiracy theories insight crime. The pastoral staff cardinal juan jesus posadas ocampo used is on display at romes basilica of st. Essential because it explains in common sense terms what has happened and continues to happen to our southern neighbor. He enjoyed certain privileges such as access to the press, a cell phone, and alcoholic beverages. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency by ioan grillo is an outstanding chronicle of the mexican drug war. In don winslows novel the power of the dog, the character father parada is based on parts of juan jesus cardinal posadas ocampos life and. Juan jesus posadas ocampo 11 november 1926 24 may 1993 was a mexican bishop of.
Steve coll, the world has watched, stunned, the bloodshed in mexico. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency is packed with interviews that present a fascinating and terrifying history of mexicos narco culture. Ciudad juarez, chihuahua, mexico was declared the overall winner of the 20078 north american large cities of the future competition by global direct investment solutons. Spanishnat new evidence indicates that a roman catholic cardinal killed in mexico in 1993 was deliberately shot and not caught in a. Three federal investigations and an exhaustive book titled killing of a cardinal, authored by a former attorney general, says that it was an honest. Investigation exposes truth behind narcomurder of mexican. Alfredo was arrested in tijuana by the military and the federal police on january 25, 2008, in the colonia obrera. He is considered to have been the most powerful drug trafficker in the world. Larry villalobos in an univision interview with larry villalobos, the ex head of the dea in mexico, said that the leader of the sinaloa cartel, who escaped the prison in 2001, looked for them through. Cardinal posadas was an outspoken opponent of the narcotraf ficking rings, which had a.
Cardinal in mexico killed in a shooting tied to drug battle the. Claves del asesinato del cardenal juan jesus posadas ocampo. Inside mexicos criminal insurgency kindle edition by grillo, ioan. It is not our intention to join in the controversy. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The power of the dog is a 2005 crimethriller novel by american writer don winslow, based on. In 1993, gunmen, apparently mistaking cardinal juan jesus posadas ocampo for rival joaquin guzman, killed the priest at the guadalajara airport see photo front page.
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