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Benjamin T. Smith is an award-winning historian and author. He writes about Mexico, Latin America, crime and the drug trade.

People see what they want to see and what people want to see never has anything to do with the truth.”

Roberto Bolaño, 2666

Recent Blog Posts

Recent media appearances

 

Connected by Controversy podcast

Interview with Chris White, 2/22

The Drug War in Mexico with Benjamin Smith

Free Thoughts Podcast, 11/21