Instant Reprint! The Culmination of 'Crazy Journey' Coverage! Maruyama Gonzalez's 'Narco Trafico'
Kodansha has released journalist Maruyama Gonzalez's new book 'Narco Trafico', which went into reprint within one week of release.
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- 📰 Published: March 30, 2026 at 00:24
The new book 'Narco Trafico' by journalist Maruyama Gonzalez — who continues to cover the world's danger zones with his unique perspective — is generating buzz everywhere. It went into reprint one week after release.
Who else in this country could possibly write a book like this? ――Sato Kiwamu
When the right person — with the right (and completely opposite) qualities — appears at the right time and place, a new era begins. ――Takano Hideyuki
Maruyama Gonzalez has been a regular on TBS's 'Crazy Journey' since its first broadcast in 2015. He is the leading authority in this field, most recently winning the Galaxy Award Monthly Prize for February 2026 for the episode "Stunned… Gonzalez Goes Undercover in Paradise Hawaii." Through the show, he has revealed the unknown realities of Colombia, Bolivia, Panama, Mexico, the United States, and Canada. This book connects each of those investigations to map out the trail of the "white powder."
Cocaine, traded at $1 per gram at its source in Colombia, skyrockets in price with each border it crosses — by the time it reaches Japan, its end-market, it trades for over ¥25,000 per gram. How is that system built, and how does it operate? The author conducted meticulous reporting at constant personal risk.
In Colombia, he traced the legend of a drug lord. In Bolivia, he searched for coca leaves — cocaine's raw material — while battling altitude sickness. In Panama, he encountered gangs and boarded a captured narco-submarine. In Mexico, he was involved in a car chase with a cartel.