New Book on an Underreported Subject

Mexican reporter Cynthia Rodríguez has a book coming out next month about the relationship between the Zetas and the Italian criminal group known as the 'Ndrangheta. References to said relationship in newspaper articles have popped up periodically in recent years, but there's never (to my knowledge) been a very thorough explanation, so I have high hopes for the book. Here are some quotes from the author:

"I was very strict about not using anonymous sources, because I think that has done a lot of harm. In Mexico we are very accustomed to a source, even if he is from the government, saying any possible thing to us and we believe him, and it's not that journalists don't ask, but rather the authorities are not capable of giving complete information and that does a lot of harm; that's why I was very detailed in how the relationship between these groups came about."

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"Presently the objective of the Italian mafia groups isn't to kill or even to do harm: it's to make money, and that's why they link up with whomever they have to, which explains their link with the Zetas", she said.