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.
here we go five four three two one first of all how many people get your name wrong when they
try to pronounce it well so many people I don't even care anymore I just however it comes out
because I live in it's a funny name where I come from right from England we're growing up it's a
funny name but in Mexico it's even stranger names so I just normally make it Ian and my second name
Grillo which in Spanish is good you're right so everyone I messed that up too if they see it
spelled yeah this microphone about a fist from your face right yeah here we go um Yoan I don't
think I've ever heard that name before there's an actor called young Rufford was Ian he's in fantastic
four oh really he's the stretchy guy oh no shit in fantastic four so yeah he kind of he's made that
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