Mexico Unconquered is an evocative report on the powers of violence and corruption in Mexico and the rebel underdogs who put their lives on the line to build justice from the ground up. Mexico Unconquered probes the overwhelming divisions in contemporary Mexico, home to the world’s richest man, Carlos Slim, and to destitute millions. John Gibler weaves narrative journalism with lyrical descriptions, combining the journalist’s trade of walking the streets and the philosoph...

Chosen a Best Book of 2017 by Publishers Weekly!Harrowing personal narratives describing how Mexican authorities disappeared, killed, and injured scores of students and others in a still-unsolved crime."Journalist Gibler's investigative prowess yields a book that uses a chorus of voices--eyewitness accounts of the students and others at the scene--to add depth and clarity to the Sept. 26, 2014, massacre of students in the city of I...

Tres meses de tortura en manos de las fuerzas militares mexicanas. Andrés Tzompaxtle Tecpile logró escapar de lo que él mismo describió como el máximo dolor humano. Esta es la historia desgarradora de un guerrillero que padeció la desaparición forzada, la impotencia, la injusticia, la humillación y el sufrimiento generado por un tormento imperecedero, quien eligió el camino de la lucha en un país que ignora las raíces sociales de la guerrilla -percibida como una amenaza para la paz social-...

"The book that most shocked me this year for its literary quality is called Tzompaxtle, although in English it has another title, Torn from the World. The author is John Gibler, a real outlaw."--Diego Enrique Osorno, author of El Cartel de SinaloaAndres Tzompaxtle Tecpile was torn from the world. Abducted off the street, blindfolded and beaten, he was brought to a Mexican military facility and "disappeared." Tzompaxtle, a young member of an insurgent guer...

In Mexiko befinden sich die staatlichen Institutionen in Auflösung. Drogenkrieg, Korruption und ein gigantischer illegaler Geldfluß bringen ein ganzes System zum Kollabieren. Die Bevölkerung ist der Gewalt zwischen rivalisierenden Drogenkartellen, Polizei und paramilitärischen Organisationen hilflos ausgeliefert. Es handelt sich nicht um einen Krieg gegen die Drogen, wie die mexikanische Regierung Glauben machen will, sondern um die Neuaufteilung der Märkte, bei der der Staat mitmischt. Gi...

Mexico is in a state of siege. Since President Felipe Calderon declared a war on drugs in December 2006, more than 38,000 Mexican have been murdered. During the same period, drug money has infused over $130 billion into Mexico's economy, now the country's single largest source of income. Corruption and graft infiltrate all levels of government. Entire towns have become ungovernable, and of every 100 people killed, Mexican police now only investigate approximately five.But the marke...

Mothering always comes at a price, paid by women regardless of their means."Daniela Rea's Fruto is a calm room late at night where women gather to talk: with their stories and their words they take care of each other and then, by sharing that, they care for all of us."—Miriam Toews, author of Women Talking"This transformative book is the product of eyes that see across generations, ears that truly know how to listen, and a...