Director Guillermo del Toro Says Drug Violence Has Left Mexico in 'Social Decay' John Hecht - Hollywood Reporter
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Guillermo del Toro (FICG30)

Speaking at the Guadalajara film fest this week, producer-director Guillermo Del Toro said he fears for his safety in his native Mexico.

“It’s like walking into a cantina with a pistol and there’s no structure in place to stop what happens next,” he said. “It’s one thing to talk about a social crisis, but another to talk about absolute social decay.”

Del Toro, a Guadalajara native and co-founder of the namesake film festival, left Mexico more than a decade ago after his father was kidnapped for ransom. His father was later rescued, but the last film Del Toro shot on Mexican soil was the 2001 release, The Devil’s Backbone.

Mexico’s so-called war on drugs has claimed more than 100,000 lives since 2006. Del Toro, along with his friends Alejandro G. Inarritu and Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity), have demanded social justice on several occasions.

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