Since its founding, Quien magazine has been dedicated to investigating the lives and contradictions of public figures. Asi en los pinos como en la tierra is a war diary that focused on the publication’s writing and on-the-ground research. In recording the history of its investigations of the Pena, Calderon, Fox, Zedillo, Salinas de Gortari, Lopez Portillo, and Diaz Ordaz families, the authors build a probing portrait of Mexican politicians and their relationship with the media and the public.