On the road with freelance journalists in Mexico | Freelancers | Full Documentary

Summary by Krater

Bill Gentile explores the lives, dangers, and resilience of freelance foreign correspondents in Mexico, examining how grassroots journalism sheds light on the country's drug wars and social struggles.

From the video

Answers: What is life like for freelance foreign correspondents covering the drug war in Mexico?

• Freelance foreign journalism in Mexico
• Cartel violence and the drug war
• Dangers faced by journalists
• Grassroots media reporting
• Mexico-US border security

What it concludes

• Mexico has mutated from a peaceful place into a violent, lethal place where drug traffickers are engaged in an insurgency.
• Mexico is one of the worst countries in the world to be a journalist, with more than 100 journalists murdered since the year 2000.
• Of all the journalists killed in Mexico's drug war, none are foreigners; all are Mexican.
• Economic forces drive the drug trade, with a kilo of cocaine worth $2,000 in Colombia increasing in value to $30,000 in the USA.
• Cartels have evolved to control political power at local levels in Mexico, with mayors paying 10 percent of their budgets to cartels.