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Ioan Grillo: ‘When big, powerful people try to look at this mess, at least we’ve chipped in our voice’

British journalist and author Ioan Grillo has reported on the cartels and organised crime gangs of Mexico and Central America for more than 20 years; he spoke to Policing Insight’s Martin Gallagher about reporting on extreme violence (there were 43,000 murders in Mexico last year), the parallels between Central America and the UK, and what motivates him in his work.

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