photo book on the dug war raging in that country.

Since 2009 Teun Voeten has captured the Mexican narco violence in powerful images, visiting the epicentres of the drug war - Juárez, Culiacán, Tijuana and Michoacan. He photographed the murders, victims, funerals, morgues, police, army and cartel gun men, as well as meth cooks, survivors and the underclass of addicted and homeless people. He frames a struggling population that tries to maintain its dignity against all odds. Voeten documented the veneration of Narcosaints – both powerful symbols of consolation and grim idols worshipped by drug lords. He saw daily life going on, prisoners performing the passion of Christ, families coming together for Dia De Muertos, couples dancing to the tunes of NarcoCorridos and civilians protesting the violence.

The book contains an introductory essays by renowned Texas-based anthropologist Howard Campbell and celebrated Mexican writer Javier Valdez Cárdenas, who was murdered in 2017. The book is a graphic reminder that the Mexican drug violence is a dangerous force that poses enormous challenges to the international world order.

The book is bilingual English/Spanish.

Lecturis, 160pp, illustrated paperback, 2024