Why that lime in your Margarita might be soaked in the blood of a farmer murdered by Mexican gangsters
Published by The Mail on Sunday (3rd March, 2024) The attack began in the early hours of Tuesday. Residents woke to... Read Full Article
Mexico
Mexico’s futile war on drugs
Published by UnHerd (16th March, 2020) The early morning raids were carefully calibrated. Teams of heavily-armed agents donned protective gear... Read Full Article
How many people were kidnapped, tortured and murdered for your avocado?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (23rd February, 2020) Sergio was working in the avocado orchards when two men suddenly... Read Full Article
The wall of hate
Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th November 2016) The battered brown bus pulled up shortly before 9am, just by... Read Full Article
Poison Penn
Published by The Daily Mail (12th January, 2016) The gangsters had a problem. Their Sinaloa cartel was killing so many... Read Full Article
Drug warriors being defeated, but Britain fights on
Published by The Independent (9th November, 2015) There can be no doubt that the daft war on drugs is devastating... Read Full Article
The war on drugs is stupid and counter-productive
Published by The Spectator (16th July, 2015) Zero Zero Zero by Roberto Saviano (Allen Lane) & Dreamland: The True Story... Read Full Article
The war on drugs isn’t working, so let’s stop pretending it is
Published by The Daily Telegraph (30th April, 2015) Outside of their families and friends, few tears will have been be... Read Full Article
World hunger has fallen. Now what do we do about the planet’s expanding waistline?
Published in The Independent (January 11th, 2014) In the year of my birth China was engulfed in the worst famine... Read Full Article
Last train to oblivion
Published in The Mail on Sunday (January 5th, 2014) The Beast: Riding The Rails And Dodging Narcos On The Migrant... Read Full Article