A Wolfpack Called Ernesto review – disturbing tales of children groomed by Mexico drug gangs | Documentary films
‘I was 11 when I started selling drugs. I thought it was candy.” A young man in Mexico City is talking about his initiation into a drugs gang and is one of a handful of young Mexicans interviewed in this documentary about gangs and gun violence. They tell their stories softly on voiceover, reflective and raw, without swagger or machismo. It’s a million miles from the cartel bad-guy stereotypes of Hollywood narco movies. And the more they talk, the thinner the line between victim and perpetrator becomes.The film’s title is…