Gringoyo's Narco-Mania: Mexico Drug War Comedy Cuts Truth With Laughter The Fix
go to original August 13, 2013

Meet four agents from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, and the women who chase them. They lost their children, husbands, siblings and parents because of the U.S. "War on Drugs" in Mexico. Para la versión en español, ve a este link (I3IVIIVI)

Filmmaker and journalist Greg Berger, known in Mexico as "Gringoyo," believes the best way to get people to pay attention to the drug war is through comedy - and conveying a message of hope. The "recovered documentary filmmaker" produces short, comedic viral videos that draw attention to the brutalities in Mexico, as well as documenting the rise of the largest mass movement against the Drug War since the crisis was declared 40 years ago.

US-born Berger moved to Mexico in 1999 and witnessed escalating violence in 2006 when Calderon took power and the government, aided by the US, began cracking down on the country's powerful cartels. In his videos, distributed online at Narco News, Berger illustrates the "perverse logic" of the War on Drugs, and - through satire - criticizes the US and Mexican administrations' involvement in the violence.

One of the videos, titled "Narco-mania!" (above) is a Beatles-themed spoof, portraying four men in suits followed by hoards of screaming women. "Meet four agents from the US embassy in Mexico City, and the women who chase them," reads the text on the screen. "They lost their children, husbands, siblings and parents because of the US 'War on Drugs' in Mexico."

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