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DESCRIPTION:The State of Democracy Lecture Series will host Ioan Grillo\, a
 &nbsp\;journalist and writer based in Mexico City\, working for outlets in
 cluding the New York Times\, France 24 and National Geographic. He has bee
 n covering Latin America since 2001 for news media outlets such as TIME Ma
 gazine\, Esquire\, CNN\, Reuters\, Al Jazeera\, the Houston Chronicle and 
 the Associated Press.Grillo is author of the book\, “Blood Gun Money: How 
 America Arms Gangs and Cartels.” “The gun control debate is revived with e
 very mass shooting. But far more people die from gun deaths on the street 
 corners of inner-city America and across the border as Mexico’s powerful c
 artels battle to control the drug trade. Guns and drugs aren’t often conne
 cted in our heated discussions of gun control-but they should be.” In Gril
 lo’s groundbreaking new work of investigative journalism\, he shows us thi
 s connection by following the market for guns in the Americas and how it h
 as made the continent the most murderous on earth. &nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The State of Democracy Lecture Series will 
 host Ioan Grillo\, a&nbsp\;journalist and writer based in Mexico City\, wo
 rking for outlets including the New York Times\, France 24 and National Ge
 ographic. He has been covering Latin America since 2001 for news media out
 lets such as TIME Magazine\, Esquire\, CNN\, Reuters\, Al Jazeera\, the Ho
 uston Chronicle and the Associated Press.</p><p>Grillo is author of the bo
 ok\, “Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels.” “The gun contr
 ol debate is revived with every mass shooting. But far more people die fro
 m gun deaths on the street corners of inner-city America and across the bo
 rder as Mexico’s powerful cartels battle to control the drug trade. Guns a
 nd drugs aren’t often connected in our heated discussions of gun control-b
 ut they should be.” </p><p>In Grillo’s groundbreaking new work of investig
 ative journalism\, he shows us this connection by following the market for
  guns in the Americas and how it has made the continent the most murderous
  on earth. &nbsp\;</p>
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