Joe Rogan Experience #1253 - Ioan Grillo

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

February 27, 2019

Duration

2h 6m

Channel

The Joe Rogan Experience

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Ioan Grillo is journalist who has spent the last 18 years reporting on the drug war in Mexico. His books "El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency" and "Gangster Warlords" are available now.

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Joe Rogan

  host

• Ioan Grillo

  guest

• Narrator

  other

• Narrator

  other

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Joe Rogan and Ioan Grillo, Joe Rogan Experience #1253 - Ioan Grillo explores Inside Mexico’s Narco War: Corruption, Cartels, and Cross‑Border Consequences Journalist Ioan Grillo recounts two decades reporting on Mexican drug cartels, describing how localized trafficking evolved into a sprawling hybrid of crime and war. He details extreme corruption, from police and generals on cartel payrolls to politicians and state capture, and shares harrowing stories of kidnappings, massacres, and social collapse in parts of Mexico and Central America.

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