As CSI Today reported last October, Oswaldo Zavala, Professor of Latin American Literature and Culture at the College of Staten Island and The Graduate Center, CUNY, has been receiving considerable media attention since he published the book, Los cárteles no existen. Narcotráfico y cultura en México (Barcelona: Malpaso, 2018), recently translated as Drug Cartels Do Not Exist. Narcotrafficking in US and Mexican Culture (Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 2022), as well as his latest investigative work, La guerra en las palabras. Una historia intelectual del “narco” en México (1975 – 2020) [War Within Words. An Intellectual History of the Mexican “Narco” (1975-2020) (México: Debate, 2020). SInce CSI Today published the piece last fall, Zavala has garnered additional attention in the following publications and media outlets:

Wired magazine

Astillero Informa (Youtube Mexican Media Outlet)

El País (Spain’s leading newspaper) 

Norte Digital (Border newspaper in México) 

Klassekampen (Norwegian daily newspaper) 

Estación Averno (Political talk show with Mexico’s prominent cartoonists)

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